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    • Mount Ruapehu, New Zealand 1996 eruption.
    Rights: Dougall Gordon Published 9 April 2010 Size: 220 KB Referencing Hub media

    Mt Ruapehu in the central North Island remains an active volcano. On 17 June 1996, Mount Ruapehu erupted, sending ash into the sky.

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