Volcanoes are awesome. When they take out half of your island nation including the capital with boulders the size of houses, shit gets real. So no one is allowed back. Some people have managed to get some pictures though.
In 1995, the city of Plymouth on the island of Montserrat was evacuated and an exclusion zone was set up because of an impending volcano eruption. In 1997, the volcano erupted burying the city in 40 feet of ash. Ever since, residents have been banned from coming back.
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<b>1. </b>  [Source](http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeschinkel/288577947/). -
<b>2. </b>  [Source](http://www.flickr.com/photos/canonphotography/2690534993/). -
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<b>8. </b>  [Source](http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeschubert/16313938/). -
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<b>20. </b>  [Source](http://www.flickr.com/photos/carolineleach/2245235019/). -
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<b>22. </b>  [Source](http://www.flickr.com/photos/davorg/350855402/in/photostream/). -
<b>23. Buried Catholic Church</b>  [Source](http://www.flickr.com/photos/photovolcanica/2338816084/in/photostream/). -
<b>24. </b>  [Source](http://www.flickr.com/photos/tanya_bvi/5548061852/). -
<b>25. Former courthouse</b>  [Source](http://www.flickr.com/photos/photovolcanica). -
<b>26. </b>  [Source](http://www.flickr.com/photos/28698684@N08/4984395152/). -
<b>27. Headstones in ash</b>  [Source](http://www.flickr.com/photos/npjb/229529182/). -
<b>28. Former airport</b>  [Source](http://www.flickr.com/photos/14492130@N00/3427585636/). -
<b>29. Tops of houses</b>  [Source](http://www.flickr.com/photos/npjb/229523137/in/photostream/). -
<b>30. </b>  [Source](http://www.flickr.com/photos/npjb/229517286/in/photostream/). -
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<b>33. Some of the rocks flowing down from the volcano were extremely large, some larger than the houses of the town of Plymouth. Many building were completely buried under the flow.</b>  [Source](http://www.flickr.com/photos/14492130@N00/3426778547/). -
<b>34. The Pier</b>  [Source](http://www.flickr.com/photos/thecrosser/3540164472/). -
<b>35. The Governor's mansion</b>  [Source](http://www.flickr.com/photos/14492130@N00/3427585500/). -
<b>36. </b>  [Source](http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohlenna/18030995/). -
<b>37. </b>  [Source](http://www.flickr.com/photos/adamcarsonb/2725039029/). -
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<b>39. </b>  [Source](http://www.flickr.com/photos/adamcarsonb/2725860690/). -
<b>40. </b>  [Source](http://www.flickr.com/photos/markluukkonen/214562107/).
[map]Plymouth, Montserrat[/map]