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Montserrat Coastline The coastline of Montserrat where the volcano meets the sea.

Letting Off Steam Steam and hot gas being released from vents in the side of an active volcano.

Island Destruction The remains of buildings destroyed in the 1995 volcanic eruption on the Caribbean island of Montserrat. The island's capital Plymouth was completely buried with mud and ash from pyroclastic flows.

Inner Beauty The side of Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat, where it has collapsed revealing its geology.

Montserrat The destruction left by the 1995 eruption of the previously dormant Soufrière Hills volcano on the island of Montserrat in the West Indies. The ash and pyroclstic flows buried the island's then capital Plymouth, and this is all that is left.

Cloud Over Montserrat A thick cloud hangs over the volcanic island of Montserrat due to steam coming from the volcano. Lush green flora grows on the hillside with evidence of a pyroclastic flow leading out to the bright azure blue Caribbean Sea.

Alpaca in the Colca Canyon, Peru Extinct volcano in the Colca Canyon, Peru, with herd of alpaca in foreground.

Passenger - Flight Cancelled Man looking at all the red cancelled flights on the information screens at a check-in area of an airport. (Taken in Manchester Airport after the volcanic ash from Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland caused many European flight cancellations.)

Passenger - Holiday Cancelled Man looking at all the red cancelled flights on the information screens at a check-in area of an airport. (Taken in Manchester Airport after the volcanic ash from Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland caused many European flight cancellations.)

Cancelled Flights Cancelled flights on the information screens at a check-in area of an airport. (Taken in Manchester Airport after the volcanic ash from Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland caused many European flight cancellations.)

Cancelled Flights Cancelled flights on the information screens at a check-in area of an airport. (Taken in Manchester Airport after the volcanic ash from Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland caused many European flight cancellations.)

Cancelled Flights Cancelled flights on an information screen at a check-in area of an airport, with a passenger in the background. (Taken in Manchester Airport after the volcanic ash from Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland caused many European flight cancellations.)