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Volcanic dust is made of fine grit and volcanic ash. This is the pumice that covered the city of Pompeii sealing them in their eternal rest.

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dust from a volcano

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Pyroclastic cloud

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it is called ash

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A pyroclastic eruption or cloud.

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This is called ash.

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What is an ash cloud from a volcano?

An ash cloud is something which comes out of the volcano


Can you prevent the ash cloud from a volcano eruption when ice is concerned?

No. Ice does not create an ash cloud when a volcano erupts. You cannot prevent the formation of an ash cloud.


What is the name of the volcano that has caused the ash cloud?

Eyjafjallajoekull volcano


What is a ash and gas cloud?

it is a cloud that comes out of a volcano when there is a eruption


What is an eruption cloud?

an eruption cloud is a cloud of ash that forms when a volcano erupts


What is ash?

It is the residue that remains when something is burned


What is ash clouds?

An ash cloud is where the volcano erupts ash out and it forms like a cloud, but it's of ash. Mt st Helen's had the biggest ash cloud and it was so strong it blew part of the mountain off


What transfers volcanic ash away from the volcano during an eruption?

The ash rises because it is in a cloud of hot gas. This cloud is then carried by the wind.


What is a ashcloud?

Ash Cloud: A cloud formed from tiny ash particles and gases blasted from the volcano. Wind can carry ash thousands of miles, affecting far greater areas and many more people than other volcano hazards


What type of pyroclastic material comes out of a shield volcano?

ash cloud lava


Ash in a eruption cloud after a volcano causes a serious hazard?

True or False


How can one volcano effect the whole world?

If it's an ash volcano then the ash forms into a cloud and can be the size of a country such as Ireland, and the cloud can travel the world due to the wind, blocking out sunlight above the country it is currently above.