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Video taken by ROPOS at the edge of Brimstone Pit near the summit of NW Rota 1 volcano, showing ash and sulfur-laden eruptions from the crater. The crater is at a depth of 555 m. The yellow color of the billowing clouds is due to droplets of molten sulfur in the plume bursts.

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