NASA Landsat-8: Sakura-jima volcano

Sakura-jima volcano emits a dense plume of ash over the Japanese island of Kyushu. 

Currently Japan's most active volcano, Sakura-jima explodes several hundred times each year. 

These eruptions are usually small, but the larger eruptions can generate ash plumes that rise 3,800 meters (12,000 feet) or more above the 1,040-meter (3,410-foot) summit. 

This true-colour image was collected by the Operational Land Imager on Landsat 8.