August 29, 2007
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Volcano Info
Image of Pavlov Volcano captured by Cherilyn Lundgren on Aug. 28, 2007,Pavlov Volcano in Alaska has been restless, showing hot spots on thermal imagery and issuing steam, ash and lava, for weeks. We hear about it on local news daily, and it has recently made some national news, too. I haven’t been blogging about it because I haven’t been hearing explosions or having to deal with falling ash, as I did with some previous eruptions of other volcanoes.
There have been numerous images posted on the website of the Alaska Volcano Observatory. None of them is very interesting to anyone but a vulcanologist. Pavlov’s silhouette is kinda stumpy and lumpy, and few of the recent images I have seen are visually spectacular. That hasn’t kept everyone from trying to spice up superficial or distorted reports of Pavlov’s activity with phony colorized images that don’t even appear to me to be of Pavlov.
AVO has a couple of videos HERE and HERE, and a gallery of recent still images. See for yourself.
Comments (3)
Call me strange, but I think it’s a treat to actually SEE lava flowing out of the bowels of the earth.
It is a treat, but I’m glad I’m seeing it from far away.
Volcanoes are fascinating, but I’m really glad there aren’t any around here!