Unzen-Fugendake Eruption Disaster
(Photo provided by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force)
June, 1991, Unzen, Japan - A detachment of the Japan Ground-Self-Defense Force shift through the fallen volcanic ash for bodies following a violent eruption of Mt. Unzenn, Nagasaki prefecture, southern Japan. On June 3, 1991, following the eruption, a pyroclastic flow triggered by the collapse of a lava dome reached 4.5 km from the crater and claimed the lives of 43 scientists and journalists. (Photo by Japan Ground Self-Defense Force) PVA