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Inside the powerful fire clouds that pack a volcanic punch

Inside the powerful fire clouds that pack a volcanic punch

4 September 2019

This rare image shows massive pyrocumulonimbus clouds that form above fires and can funnel as much smoke into the lower stratosphere as moderate volcanic eruptions

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