Captain Robert Robinson came to Yaphank and built his Dutch Colonial house with the building dated at 1726. He was then granted permission to dam the Carmans River to build a mill across the street from his house. The construction of this mill in 1739 was considered the founding date of the Hamlet of Yaphank.
Mount Kusatsu-Shirane. Viewed from the SE. Mount Kusatsu-Shirane (èæ´¥ç½æ ¹å±±, Kusatsu Shirane-san) is a 2160-meter active volcano in Kusatsu, Gunma, Japan. It is called Kusatsu Shirane to differentiate it from the Mount NikkÅ-Shirane on the other side of Gunma Prefecture. The summit of Kusatsu-Shirane volcano, located immediately north of Asama volcano, consists of a series of overlapping pyroclastic cones and three crater lakes.
Any kind of eruption is something everyone wants to see happen, unless it stops your plane from flying. But on January 26, the largest volcanic eruption in 50 years happened in Japan.Mount Kirishima on the island of Kyushu blew its top. The violent eruption created a massive ash cloud, pyroclastic flows (fast moving, extremely hot gas flow), and large lava fragments (volcanic bombs) that flew a mile up in the air.ny kind of eruption is something everyone wants to see happen, unless it stops your plane from flying. But on January 26, the largest volcanic eruption in 50 years happened in Japan.