Sakurajima Erupts: Plume Reaches 5,000 Meters

A volcanic eruption Wednesday evening from Kagoshima's active Sakurajima sent a plume of smoke 5,000 meters above the crater, the first time since August four years ago that ash has reached such heights.

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