Arenal Volcano (1633m), which has been producing huge ash columns, massive explosions and glowing red lava flows almost everyday since 1968.

Waxwing Bombycilla Garrulus eating mountain ash rowan berries in Shropshire England UK GB British Isles The waxwing bird is a colourful colorful winter migrant to the british winter wildlife scene

Chile, Easter Island, Rano Raraku is a volcanic crater formed of consolidated ash or Tuf. It is the quarry in which about 95% of the island's known sculpture Moai were carved

Wheeler Geologic Area, The Wheeler Geologic Area is a highly eroded outcropping of layers of volcanic ash, located in the La Garita Mountains erupted approximately 25 millions years ago

San Juan Parangaricutiro church ruins, was buried beneath ash and lava during the formation of the Parícutin volcano (1943). Michoacan, Mexico

Plaster cast of one of the inhabitants buried in ash during the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD, Pompeii, near Naples, Campania, Italy, Europe

Sudan, High Nubia, Ash Shamaliya Province, Bedouins on the trail from Dongola to Soleib through the Nubian desert (Eastern Sahara)

Victim of Vesuvius eruption, volcanic ash formed mould, form later revealed by injecting plaster, Pompeii, Campania, Italy, Europe

Sudan, Ash Shamaliya Province, High Nubia, Baiyuda desert (Eastern Sahara), archeological site of Djebel Barkal (pure mountain in Arabic) comprises 13 temples, 3 palaces and several pyramids at foot of a sacred 91m high rock, parts of the ancient powerful city of Napata

Chile, Easter Island, Rano Raraku is a volcanic crater formed of consolidated ash or Tuf. It is the quarry in which about 95% of the island's known sculpture Moai were carved

Fairy tale forest, deciduous forest with trunks of beeches and ash trees in early springtime, sumptuous flowering of spring snowflake (Leucojum vernum), Franconia, Bavaria

Chile, Easter Island, Rano Raraku is a volcanic crater formed of consolidated ash or Tuf. It is the quarry in which about 95% of the island's known sculpture Moai were carved

Mount Vesuvius seen from the ruins of Pompeii, buried in the ash flow of the eruption of AD 79, Columbus basalt lava marble and brick, Pompeii, UNESCO World Heritage site, Campania, Italy, Europe

Monasterio de San Francisco, with glow of volcanic ash in sky, Plaza de San Francisco, Old town, Quito, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Lanzarote Canary Islands volcanic slopes of Fire Mountain Timanfaya National Park Lanzarote Canary Islands Spain Europe Espana

Wheeler Geologic Area, The Wheeler Geologic Area is a highly eroded outcropping of layers of volcanic ash, located in the La Garita Mountains erupted approximately 25 millions years ago

Chile, Easter Island, Rano Raraku is a volcanic crater formed of consolidated ash or Tuf. It is the quarry in which about 95% of the island's known sculpture Moai were carved

Chile, Easter Island, a freshwater lake bordered by reeds called tortora. Rano Raraku is a volcanic crater formed of consolidated ash, or Tuf. it is the quarry in which about 95% of the island's known sculpture Moai were carved

EU VETERINARY AND FOOD OFFICE, DUNSANY, MEATH, IRELAND, CONFERENCE RECEPTION SEATING AREA WITH AMERICAN ASH CEILINGS, OFFICE OF PUBLIC WORKS