A worker spreads plastic sheets to cover Borobudur temple to protect from volcanic ash, from an eruption of Mount Kelud, in Magelang, central Java, Indonesia.

Villagers covering their faces from volcanic ash follwoing Mount Kelud’s eruption in Solo, Indonesia. The major volcanic eruption shrouded a large swath of the country’s most heavily populated island in ash on Friday, triggering the evacuation of more than 200,000 people and the closure of three international airports.

Indonesian soldiers wrap stupas of the ancient Borubudur temple in Central Java province to protect from the rain of volcanic ash from Mount Kelud volcano. Borubudur a UNESCO World Heritage Site built between period 8th and 9th century is located about 200km west of Kelud volcano.

In this photo made available by the Indonesian Meteorology and Geophysical Authority, the Mount Kelud volcano emits steam and hot gasses from its superheated lake Sunday, Nov. 4, 2007 in East Java, Indonesia.

Farmers tended sugar cane and children rode bicycles in the shadow of a killer Indonesian volcano at the time, defying warnings by scientists that the smoking mountain was poised for a powerful eruption, which came on Friday 14 February 2014.

Lightning tears through huge ash clouds from the erupting volcano Mt Kelud in Java, Indonesia. More than 200,000 people have been ordered to evacuate the area surrounding the vocano.

A becak driver wearing a full helmet passes over ash covered ground of the Sultan’s palace in Solo in Central Java about 150km west of Mount Kelud volcano. It is one of around 130 active volcanoes in Indonesia, which sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, a belt of seismic activity running around the basin of the Pacific Ocean.

A women rides a motor bike on a street covered with volcanic ash from an eruption of Mount Kelud, in Solo, Indonesia A major volcanic eruption in Indonesia blasted clouds of ash and debris 18km into the air on Friday, forcing authorities to close six airports, cancel flights elsewhere in Southeast Asia and evacuate more than 100,000 people from the mountain.

Indonesian airport personnel inspect volcanic ash covered planes and the airport of Yogyakarta about 200km west of the Mount Kelud volcano in East Java province following its eruption on February 14, 2014. A spectacular volcanic eruption in Indonesia has killed at least two people and forced mass evacuations, disrupting long-haul flights and closing international airports Friday.

The 1,731m-high Mount Kelud has claimed more than 15,000 lives since 1500, including about 10,000 deaths in a massive 1568 eruption.

A resident clears volcanic ash on the road of Kediri in East Java province following the eruption of Mount Kelud volcano on February 14, 2014. Two people have been crushed to death after a volcanic eruption blanketed rooftops with rocks and ash, causing homes to cave in, an official said on February 14.

Mount Kelud erupts, as seen from Anyar village in Blitar, East Java, Indonesia. Volcanic ash from the major eruption in Indonesia shrouded a large swath of the country’s most densely populated island on Friday, closed three international airports and sent thousands fleeing.

Lightning sparks through a large column of volcanic ash from the Indonesian volcano Mt Kelud, which erupted violently on 14 Febrary, 2014.