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priscilla 1Alaska's Mount Redoubt
April 29th 2009 08:46
Mount Redoubt, or the Redoubt Volcano, is active and currently erupting in Alaska. Mount Redoubt has erupted five times since 1900: in 1902, 1922, 1966, 1989 and 2009. Beginning March 22nd this year, Mount Redoubt began a series of volcanic eruptions which have produced ash clouds up to 65,000 feet into the sky, disrupting air traffic, drifting across Cook Inlet, and depositing layers of gritty ash on Anchorage (180km to the northeast). Thanks to Boston.com, see some pictures of this year's eruptions. More can be found here.
An eruption of Mt. Redoubt seen at sunset from the cockpit of a DC-6 flying over Cook Inlet near Anchorage, Alaska on March 31, 2009.
View to the east of the summit crater of Redoubt volcano, heavily covered with deposits from recent eruptions. The near ridge, right of the notch, is the upper reach of the Crescent Glacier on the southwest flank. Picture Date: March 31, 2009.
An eruption of Mt Redoubt, seen from a distance on March 28, 2009.
This satellite image provided by GeoEye and taken Monday March 30, 2009 shows Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano as it emits a steady ash plume. A light dusting of ash fell for the first time on Anchorage on Saturday.
Volcanic ash fallout on the hood of a truck in Nikiski, Alaska from Redoubt volcano. This plume was generated during a March 28, 2009 eruption, and ash fall began at approximately 4:16 pm local time and lasted maybe 5 minutes. Notice the ash fall is less than 1 mm thick but grains are coarse sand size.
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