Will the real volcano please stand up?

Here’s just a selection of the many interesting images that popped up during yesterday’s Tongariro coverage:

This eruption graphic….

…is actually just a lenticular cloud. Common around the Central Plateau:

SKY News scared the Mission Bay locals by announcing Rangitoto had erupted:

Meanwhile, a famous image of Mount Ruapehu featured on many websites.

Wrong year, wrong time of day and wrong volcano:

Turns out that it’s a popular desktop wallpaper image.

Let’s hope that if White Island erupts we don’t see something like this:

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