<p><strong>An ash-covered moped anchors a Pompeii-like scene near Yogyakarta on the <a id="xgt." title="Indonesian" href="http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/indonesia-guide/">Indonesian</a> island of Java on Wednesday. Ash and searing gas have killed at least 33 people since Java's Mount Merapi <a id="wu.3" title="volcanoes" href="http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/volcano-profile/">volcano</a> began erupting early Tuesday, local time, according to news reports. (See an <a id="oii6" title="Indonesia map" href="http://maps.nationalgeographic.com/map-machine#s=r&amp;c=0.26367094433665017, 115.0048828125&amp;z=4">Indonesia map</a>.)</strong></p><p>Mount Merapi is considered the most active volcano in Indonesia, according to the <em>Jakarta Post.</em> The peak <a id="f1zv" title="last erupted in 2006" href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/06/060606-merapi.html">last erupted in 2006</a>, when showers of hot debris killed two people. A 1994 eruption caused the volcano's dome to collapse, killing 70, and an eruption in 1930 killed more than 1,300.</p><p>(See <a id="xofu" title="more pictures of the Mount Merapi eruption" href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/10/photogalleries/101026-indonesia-mount-merapi-volcano-eruption-world-science-pictures-photos/">more pictures of the Mount Merapi eruption</a>.)</p>