September 26, 2006

• At Least Three Restless Volcanoes

  Late last week, the public radio station in Anchorage mentioned that
  the Alaska Volcano Observatory had gotten lots of calls from people in
  Homer who had noticed volcanic activity across Cook Inlet.  It
  wasn’t until Sunday that the weather permitted an overflight.  I
  gave it a couple of days for the pictures to be posted.

  

  This is a shot taken September 24, 2006 by Cyrus Read.  It shows
  fumaroles on the West side of Fourpeaked Volcano.  I remember
  reading somewhere that this volcano is believed to have four peaks as a
  result of a great explosion that destroyed its original conventional
  cone shape.

  AVO has elevated Fourpeaked’s concern level to yellow. 
  I had heard that on the radio.  What I didn’t know until I visited
  the website today is that Cleveland Volcano and Veniaminof Volcano are
  also at level yellow.

  Now all that recent big earthquake activity in the Aleutians makes sense.

  

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