From November 12-15, 1878, ashes ejected by the volcano covered the entire island.

Mountains shall be rendered into dust, and oceans shall be burned and boiled, and ashes shall cover all, and chaos shall die.

Many of the lyrics for Fear of a Blank Planet are lifted directly from the novel, particularly "My Ashes", which is a homage to the last chapter, in which the ashes of Bret's father are scattered and cover the memories of his life.

I could hear the fire roaring above and a little later the ashes covered the exit so that I could no longer lift the stone, which indeed grew too hot to touch.

They located a forest of black, blue, and white ash trees whose shedding ashes covered the forest floor.

He still smokes his famous cigars, but the ashes now cover his shirt.

As always, his hair was blood-caked and pointed, and ashes thoroughly covered his skin.

Soot and ashes covered the fireplace.

The ashes that stretched in all directions did not cover the rocky remnants of a destroyed world; they composed this spaceborne dome in its entirety.

Soot and ashes covered him, and grime was caked in the lines on his face and forehead, giving the semblance of added years.