PHOTOS: Indonesia’s Volcano Mount Sinabung Erupts, Spewing Ash Miles High

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Mount Sinabung on Indonesia’s Sumatra Island spews thick ash and smoke miles into the sky on Monday.

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Mount Sinabung lay dormant for 400 years before reawakening a decade ago. Since then, it has erupted multiple times, sometimes with deadly results. Many villagers have been permanently displaced.

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Farmers work in a field covered with ash following an eruption on Monday by Mount Sinabung at Sukatepu village in Karo, North Sumatra, a province on the Island of Sumatra.

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