One of the most active volcanoes in the Philippines, Mayon, fired a dark column of ash over thousands of metres into the sky in a "moderately explosive eruption" recently.
About Mayon Volcano:
It is an active volcano located in Albay province on Luzon Island in the Philippines.
It is a stratovolcano, that is, it is made out of alternating strata of lava and ash and is part of the Ring of Fire in the Pacific Ocean.
It is located on the eastern side of Luzon, beside the Philippine Trench, which is the convergent boundary where the Philippine Sea Plate is driven under the Philippine Mobile Belt.
It is the Philippines’ most active volcano.
It is one of the most symmetrical volcanic cones on Earth.
Popular with climbers and campers, the volcano is the centre of Mayon Volcano National Park.UNESCO named it an official biosphere reserve in 2016.
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