Victims spent their final moments taking photos of Volcano
One last picture... that cost their lives: More than half the victims killed by erupting volcano in Japan were found clutching smartphones
More than half of Mount Ontake victims were still clutching phones
Others had taken photos of the ash cloud moments before they died
The eruption left at least 57 dead, six people remain unaccounted for
Final photograph: Izumi Noguchi took this incredible photograph of a huge cloud of ash from Japanese volcano Mount Ontake just moments before he was killed
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More than half of the 56 bodies recovered from the peak of Mount Ontake were found clutching mobile phones with photos of the deadly lava and ash on them.
The September eruption on the central Japanese island of Honshu, left at least 57 dead, and a further six people remain unaccounted for.
Last sight: Izumi Noguchi's images show the minutes immediately after the volcano on Mount Ontake erupted on September 27 this year
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Medical experts who have examined some of the nearly 70 injured have said most had bruises, cuts and bone fractures on their back, an apparent sign they were hit by rocks flying out of the volcano. Some of the injured reportedly had damage to their lungs and other organs due to the impact of rocks hitting them.
The eruption at Mount Ontake, located on the central Japanese island of Honshu, around 120miles southwest of Tokyo, caught hikers by surprise.
Seismologists have said that increased seismic activity had been detected at Ontake, one of 47 active volcanoes in Japan that are under 24-hour monitoring, but that nothing signaled such a big eruption.
Last snap: More than half of the 56 bodies recovered from the peak of Mount Ontake after the September eruption were found clutching mobile phones with photos of the deadly lava and ash on them
Deadly: The eruption on Mount Ontake, located on the central Japanese island of Honshu, on September 27 this year, left at least 57 dead, and a further six people remain unaccounted for
( in a respectful/ literal way. Rest in Peace)
Wow what footage! So sad. People just need to run like hell. There is no stopping for a photo or a selfie. 