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Original upload log

• 2008-12-03 16:38 Janke 2980×1996× (2879135 bytes) Picture of Mount Redoubt Eruption Ascending eruption cloud from Redoubt Volcano as viewed to the west from the Kenai Peninsula. The mushroom-shaped poo rose from avalanches of hot debris (pyroclastic flows) that cascaded down the north flank of the vol