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Explore the ash plume from Chaiten, soaring 15-km high, captured brilliantly by NASA. Discover the eruption's mysterious warnings.

Written byErik Klemetti
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NASA captured this great image of the ash plume from Chaiten, which has reached 15-km into the atmosphere.

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Following this eruption, I'm sure there will be a lot of work into why no one had any clue an eruption of this magnitude was about to occur.

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