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New Dramatic Picture Of Indonesia's Mount Sinabung Erupting

Dina SpectorNov 15, 2013, 23:37 IST

Ulet Ifansasti/Getty ImagesMount Sinabung

More than 4,000 residents have been evacuated from North Sumatra where a large volcano, Mount Sinabung, has been erupting for the last week.

The above picture was taken on Nov. 14, as the volcano spewed hot gas and rock, known as pyroclastic smoke, several miles into the sky.

The mountains rumblings have been growing stronger since September, when it started spewing ash and lava for the first time since 2010. Before then, the volcano had been silent for at least a few hundred years.