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Alaska's Mount Redoubt
Beginning March 22nd, 2009, Alaska's Mount Redoubt, began a series of volcanic eruptions, and continues to be active to this date. Ash clouds produced by Redoubt have pushed 65,000 feet into the sky, disrupting air traffic, drifting across Cook Inlet, and depositing layers of gritty ash on populated areas of the Kenai Peninsula and Anchorage, about 180 km (110 miles) to the northeast. Mount Redoubt has erupted at least five times since 1900, with the most recent event taking place in 1989. (27 photos total)
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. Photograph kindly provided by Bryan Mulder - pilot and photographer. (© Bryan Mulder)
Photograph of Redoubt's March 27th eruption cloud, as seen from near Homer, Alaska. Photograph courtesy of Dennis Anderson. (Dennis Anderson / Alaska Volcano Observatory) #
Crater on Mt. Redoubt showing rapidly melting glacier and enlarged "ice piston" feature (a crater-like feature made of ice, but with vertical walls, formed by a plug of ice dropping down vertically as ice at the base melts and the water flows away). Picture Date: March 21, 2009. (Cyrus Read / AVO/USGS) #
A hole beneath the dome formed in an earlier eruption event in 1990. Picture Date: March 21, 2009 (Cyrus Read / Alaska Volcano Observatory) #
Closeup of the top vent in the Redoubt summit crater, seen on March 21, 2009 (Cyrus Read / Alaska Volcano Observatory) #
Panorama of a plume trailing off to the northeast from Mt. Redoubt on March 31, 2009. The plume contains fine ash which is creating a haze layer downwind of the volcano, and peppering snow-covered mountainsides. (Kristi Wallace / Alaska Volcano Observatory) #
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. (Game McGimsey / Alaska Volcano Observatory) #
An eruption of Mt Redoubt, seen from a distance on March 28, 2009. (Tricia Joy Sadler / Alaska Volcano Observatory) #
Photograph of Redoubt's ash cloud, as it passes overhead and descends, viewed while traveling between Kenai and Nikiski, Alaska on March 28th, 2009. (Jaden Larson / Alaska Volcano Observatory) #
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. (Kristi Wallace / Alaska Volcano Observatory) #
Scanning Electron Microscope image of ash particles emitted by Redoubt volcano on March 22, 2009. The ash sample was collected during the ashfall in Healy, Alaska by Pavel Izbekov on March 23, 2009. The image was acquired by Pavel Izbekov and Jill Shipman using ISI-50 Scanning Electron Microscope at the Advanced Instrumentation Laboratory, University of Alaska Fairbanks. (Pavel Izbekov, Jill Shipman / AVO/UAF-GI) #
Alternating ash and snow fall over several days create layers in this examination of tephra-fall deposits (volcanic ash) from the initial explosions from Redoubt volcano on March 22 and 23, 2009. Picture Date: March 31, 2009. (Kristi Wallace / Alaska Volcano Observatory) #
Ash cloud from Mt. Redoubt seen by the geostationary MTSAT satellite, courtesy of the National Weather Service, processed by the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Picture Date: March 26, 2009. (Jonathan Dehn / National Weather Service) #
Photograph of lightning from Mt. Redoubt's 1:20 am, March 28 eruption, courtesy of Bretwood Higman. (Bretwood Higman / Alaska Volcano Observatory) #
Lightning seen during Mt. Redoubt's 1:20 am, March 28 eruption, courtesy of Bretwood Higman. (Bretwood Higman / Alaska Volcano Observatory) #
Photograph of lightning from Redoubt's 11:20 pm, March 27, eruption, courtesy of Bretwood Higman. (Bretwood Higman / Alaska Volcano Observatory) #
Landsat 5 image of the Mt. Redoubt area on March 26,2009 at 1:07 PM AKDT. The false color image shows the large brown ash cloud extending over the Cook Inlet and the western Kenai peninsula (right side of image). The image also shows a whiter steam and gas plume rising from the summit of Redoubt Volcano (upper left). Dark lahar deposits extend north from the summit over the Drift Glacier an into the Drift River. (Ron Beck, EROS / Alaska Volcano Observatory / U.S. Geological Survey) #
Photograph of Mt. Redoubt's expanding eruption plume, about 3:30 pm, March 28, 2009, seen from Kasilof Beach in Alaska. (Jacob Buller / Alaska Volcano Observatory) #
Steam plume, lahar and ash deposits on the northern slope of Mt Redoubt, seen on April 4th, 2009. (Game McGimsey / Alaska Volcano Observatory) #
More links and information
Alaska Volcano Observatory - official site
Alaska's Mount Redoubt has another large eruption - Boston.com 04/04
Mt. Redoubt Google map
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Wow... Picture # 18 looks like, a husky dog running through a snow flurry. pulling he's team with all he's might with he's front paw trudging out of the snow. The husky is Grey and white of course. It's right at the top of the ash cloud! To the left of the picture.
And... #27 looks like Santa? climbing a snowy hill with he's bag on he's back! leaning forward with both hand reach out carrying something.
As interested in looking at art for my pleasure or pictures my first look at any picture I see other images. Sometimes I speak to soon? All the photographs were done beatifully.
Thanks to all for the awesome pics, and thanks be to God for letting us live here and enjoy all this beauty. Our God is an awesome God.
MOTHER NATURE AT HER BEST... THANK YOU ...
Looking at these pictures, understanding the enormous energies involved and considering that the universe has been evolving for some 18,000,000,000 years and the Earth has been in evolution for some 6,000,000,000 years how can anyone believe we are going to change Earth's natural evolution by banning spray cans?
check out number 9 looks like a puppy or a baby lion in a dolls dress sitting on the volcano, Number * looks like a old woman with her eyes close coming out of the earth. NUmber 25 looks like a dragon grabbing a cloud.
Wow The awesomeness of God is all I could say People just enjoy the photos and stop the bickering of he said she said! Enough!
WHAT CAN I SAY! PICTURES ARE MORE THAN AWSOME, GOD'S WORK WORKING IN AND ON THE EARTH HE CREATED! MY SON WALT SAW IT UP CLOSE,
Most interesting! And amazing! I really enjoyed this. Thanks so very much!
242 Tina Fey said she could see Alaska from her porch. You really did not take a good look or else you are relying on the media
Great pictures, great dog sleding, great snow machines, great State with a really awesome govenor
these pictures were awsome. really shows the power of mother nature.
I saw this valcano, in 1985, while fishing at Deep Creek, out of Homer.
who ever took these pictures was done with great talent.. great pictures.
thanks for shareing them..
Steve Bassett, Englewood, Fl
Fantastic photos. Thanks to all that made these available for us to view.
To those attempting to minimize the beauty of God,s creation with political diatribe......GET A LIFE.
Thank you for those beautiful picture Just amazing, Where i live in Northen Quebec the mountains are about a thousand feet high.
I remenber going to white Horse in July 2006 riding on tha Alaska Higway
i think it was the most beautiful Mountains i ever saw.
Thank You for sharing.
257 it is called freedom of speech. We all have a life. I dont think any one was knocking gods work! I think you should read over, Have a nice day! :O)
QUICK............somebody notify Al Gore to make this global warming stop!!!
that is horrible!!!!!!
These pictures are Fantastic and thanks so much for sharing them. I am in Texas and this is about as close to Alaska as I will ever get.
Sandy Some day you got to come up and see the sights!,Bring the family , just make sure you hit it in the summer! Texas is a cool place , but the wonders you will see here ,will live in the memory for along time to come. Rent a RV or a car and hit everything to Glaicers to the national parks. See wild life roam the streets.
Go catch a king salmon,
RE: Climate debate. Please keep in mind that on the scale these events are measured, this is a relatively small event....to-date.
The pics were indead amazing Nature shows just how great God's art is
I took picture 24. I found out on facebook when my friend linked me here. Pretty cool, I'm on the Boston Globe! Picture 1 is amazing by the way.
Awesome sight. Wish I could have been there myself to get some pictures.
Flew right into the crater just days before it became active.
http://www.akphotograph.com/Alaska%20Blog/?p=17
this was coool!
Who was it who said "What God Hath Wroth"? If this doesn't make you realize how small we are and how great other things are, there is no hope. I saw what Vesuvius could do and have seen Mount St. Helens but nothing was more awe inspiring than these pictures. I feel priviliged to have seen them.
Kit
Very nice site!
Wow, I'm amazed at how many people here credit the eruptions to "God." It's just nature doing it's thing. No wonder the rest of the world thinks Americans are a bunch of Bible-thumping lunatics... it's true, if the percentage of people emailing on this site are a reflection of the whole. And volcano eruptions have nothing to do with global warming... how did that even come up? It may reduce our global temperature, as #212 pointed out.
Ah here we go again, Lets see 7 months of winter in alaska,by the time the snow melts your little ice age is over and the lovers of snow get grumpy because it is gone. Then you get the month of melt down there goes spring, then your summer comes which is 3 months tops if your lucky to see it if it doesnt rain. The whole time. Then we pop back in to fall and then back to your ice age. And then the out pops the snowglobe people. Shake them up and watch them play, As I always say let people think what they want ,As long as they dont do it in your back yard.
Picture # 19 is awsome. Isn't that some " Global Warming" leaving the globe?
188. I am amazed.... it amazes me even more.... children....change a light bulb.... turn off light switch...etc.
Claptrap 188. Amazed huh? Let's see, mention children,lightbulbs and switches in one paragraph. That should do it. You mean these lightbulbs with nasty metals in them that really will affect the furure generations. I'm amazed. You mean 'the little people' turn off the light switch. Not these great arc-lamps and security lamps and systems of the so-called 'great and the good'. I'll tell you what Claptrap 188 and others, when the White House is in darkness every night, I'll think about it.
My daughter who lives in Kenai, Ak. sent these to me. They are beautiful and awe-inspiring. I must say, I do not understand comment #177 made by Michael Carlilse, but that is okay, maybe I had just as soon be associated to one of the "idiots."
Fascinating and beautiful. I spent 2 weeks in Girdwood/Anchorage this spring and saw Redoubt steaming then, just missed the first goodAl eruption.I don't see what "God" has to do with it. This is an event. Not a religious experience.
never make Balthier mad...^^
GORGEOUS photos, Sharon. Thanks a lot for sharing them with us. All volcano eruptions are different. These photos reminded me of Izalco Volcano, in El Salvador, which for a great number of years erupted every eight minutes by the clock. At night the sights were magnificent, so the government constructed a lovely hotel on top of a neighbor volcano, from where honeymooners could watch the eruptions. The indians at the base of the volcano predicted the Izalco would not like being watched so much, and that it would dry up, and sure enough, before the new hotel opened the Izalco dried up!
Ruth M. Moran
ruthmmoran@sbcglobal.net
A very beautiful beginning, to an inevitable end, to a world that loves money more then life itself
Beautiful photos by the way.
It always amazes me how, when people don't understand something, they attribute it to god. Faith really is an incredible concept. Too bad it requires faith to understand it. One of those Catch 22 things Conrad was talking about. Myself, I'll stick with reality.
As to Gov Phalin: what you see is NOT the person we elected governor. The limelight really went to her head. We were fooled into thinking we were getting an ethical governor...not a party flack. Oh well, (some of us) live and learn.
"Any sufficeintly advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." A. C. Clark
Absolutely beautiful...
Such beauty! We're very fortunate.
What a wonderful world!
AWSOME, BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL PICTURES
OKAY I got it , we got the bible thumpers,the gun toters,and the bible thumpin gun toter! For which is the best one of all because he or she is the one that will shoot you and read over after it is finshed! For all the gov's and mayors we got them name after schools, roads, bike trails,office buildings,and so on! So now for everyone who voted for your gov Palin which I did'nt .Change the Valcano from Mount Redoubt to Mount Palin And then when it erupts ,you can say there she goes again and have something really to complain about! Have a nice day :O)
Words cannot describe the wonder of it all.....God is good!! He gives us these opportunities to ponder, to explore.No matter what your beliefs....these are incredible photos and for that there is no denial. Thank you for bringing them to us.It is not necessary to turn everything into a political debate. Just contemplate. Think outside the box! It is not all about YOU!!!Look at the big picture.
All the pictures are AWE Inspiring ! Beautiful !! Thanks to all the Pilots and
Photographers for the Fantastic job !
Amazing captures, earth showing it's creation process.
Quite disappointed that there are so many God related comments and quite few about nature and reality. The earth would be here with humans or without them claiming it was created for them by their imagination.
Peace
What Breath Taking Pictures, they are Beautiful like Alaska, Frenchie from Maine
Absolutly beautiful!
Politics! Baaahumbug! Can't just sit back and enjoy the beauty of what God has created. Can't just keep your traps shut, always analyzing, always spoiling, never see the beauty!
Lets see back in the 60's fireweed was the end of the road,,There was this little circus you could go to, Had rides and one loin in a box cage. When we were kids we thought this lion was cool and we were scared of it. When we got older so did the lion, it lost its teeth,lost it's hair and had flys all around it, And still in the same box. It was beautiful also at one time. And everyone kept there mouth shut and never said a thing about how it was being tortured in that cage,until it died. Maybe back then if someone said something that lion could of lived a nice life in a zoo instead of a box!
These are awesome pictures of Nature, aka: GOD, and we all should stop the bickering and just enjoy the beauty of our world and universe and thank our Superior that we have such a beautiful planet to occupy whatever the scientific reasons. Thank you to all who contributed to these wonderful pictures. I may not ever get to Alaska, but being from Wyoming and living in the midst of the Rockies, near Yellowstone and Jackson Hole, I thoroughly appreciate the awesome beauty and power of Nature. Enjoy.
Would a picture of a tsunami be beautiful? Or a Cat-5 hurricane? Or an earthquake? Just because this event is occurring in a sparsely populated area doesn't make it less dangerous, or life threatening. I think it's far from beautiful. I believe that if it were occurring in NYC, or London, or Tokyo, our responses would be less "gifts from god" and more "what have we done to deserve this".
When I look at these pictures, I think of things like Acid Rain and solar reflectivity, the rerouting and wholesale pollution of rivers and aquifers, the ton after ton of sulphur dioxide, and who knows what else that is being belched into the atmosphere. the mass extinction of plant and animal life unfortunate enough to be living in the path of all that stuff. I don't see the pretty clouds the volcanic ash and pumice create as they are ejected from the bowels of the earth and hurled into the upper atmosphere, where they'll do a bit of traveling before settling in our lungs and cars and power plants, and farm lands. I try not to think of the combination of sulphur dioxide and water, that is in our atmosphere, combining to form sulphuric acid, which will rain down on our cornfields, and our wheat fields, and change their chemistry, or at the very least, grow some new bacterias and weaken the egg shells of the predatory birds.
It's gods magnificence I guess
Niagra Falls is beautiful if you are in a safe place. If you are in the Niagra River, a few hundred feet above the falls it become a horror. If you are in a warm place, well fed and secure, snow looks beautiful. If you have just fallen through new ice into cold water and still have twenty miles to get to your cold cabin in sub freezing temps, then it takes on a different perspective. Volcanos look magnificent if viewed in a photograph, but can be real scary if you are in the way of a lava flow, or in a plane ;whose engine is running on grit filled air.. It's all in the viewer's position relative to the event..Still the photos are great, viewing them in Pennsylvania.
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These are some of the best photos I've ever seen... can't imagine being there to take them, tho! Kudos to those who did! #266- congrats on having your picture included, what an honor! I loved that shot. We need to just look at the pics for what they are, understand the serious nature of a volcano, and not drag it into the political realm. I believe it doesn't matter what side your on, we're all called to be good stewards and take care of this beautiful land we've been blessed with.
Those are some cool pictures....really cool!! Thanks grandma for sending them to me!
Honestly, what's with all the theist comments here?
Sweet photos dude!Rock on!!!
HAVING A SON IN ALASKA, HE KEEPS ME UP TO DATE. AS A RETIRED HOBBY CAMERA GUY, THESE WERE GRAND. I LIVED NEAR MT. ST. HELENS WHEN IT ERUPTED BUT THESE PICTURES WERE VERY INSPIRING AND BETTER PICTURES THAN MT. ST. HELENS. THANKS
Still think God is not in control?
Truly amazing pictures. Imagine showing these pictures to some one even 100 years ago. Oh yes, we've come along way. Howsomever, I don't believe god would be the kind of "Father" that would go around killing off His innocent creations. Thousands, maybe millions of His fish and furry friends have been and will be killed as a "result" off this awesome spectacle. Does it not fit better reason to allow God just to Be God? Why do we feel the "need" to relegate to God the job of running this chaotic and insane world and yes, universe. This to the One who is unconditional LOVE and MERCY. Do those two characteristics fit whoever is running this place?
Very beautiful pictures. I enjoyed the picture show and am sending for others to enjoy.
My sincere thanks for those that photographed these scenes and provided the analytical data for me to see.
jason and gwen bonds are from caldwell Idaho.. too see gods work ;at work is a sight to see.. its makes you stop and think. if it did blow. there might not be a tomorrow. so live today as it is your last.. and be kind and love your love one's. call some family person you have not seen or taked to for a long . even a friend.. I got too go on a road trip with my girl friend freda,from seward. and the volcanoe. looked like god sent.. we work in seward over the summer love gwen
I shudder when I hear a man or even a great university tell us about what man can do to save or distroy this world of ours.
THIS IS SO HORRIBLE
Mercy;
Great photography The comments served well. The last shot reminded me of lot of old Pittsburgh, Pa. Jack C.
God knows how to cool the earth faster and easier than any man or government power. As many propose to control the earth's warming it is clear to me that it will fail. The ash in the upper atmosphere will cool the earth fast as previous eruptions have done. Efforts to preserve forests by limiting roads and use have allowed millions of acres of valuable timber to go up in smoke which also shielded the earth from sunlight. The Biosphere in Tuscon, AZ was used for decades to attempt to control an atmosphere ended in failure, but much learning. What can we learn from this eruption?
Anyone who has knowledge of planetary science knows that the earth has been completely covered in Ice 2x and also was a fireball 2x during its LONG history. This is yet another example of planetary change in the natural evolution of nature. These vocanic eruptions are simply part of the continuing evolution of our planet. Although I do believe in global warming to some degree(much less than what the media is hyping) This particular even has NOTHING to do with global warming or depleting resources from beneath the crust. Its all natural, enjoy the wonders of nature and most of all "enjoy the ride".
Stanley and Belva Acklie are from Norfolk, Nebraska . We went to Alaska last May to visit our niece and her boyfriend that live in Anchorage . They took us fishing in Cooks Inlet at Ninilchik . We got to see Mt. Redoubt . Wish we would have gone this year instead. The pictures are truly amazing and so is Alaska .
Lucky us to get to see these marvelous pictures. Thank you!
Evolution is the key.....you creationinsts need to get your head out of your nether region and begin to realize that man is destroying this planet and man is the only being that can do anything to save it.......Educate yourselves and stop believing what the power hungry superstition, fear hackers are feeding your lazy brains.
The eruption reminds me of life, and peoples temperment, our highs and our lows. Thank God for the 'Calm' - Jan Shipman, Washington State
Al Gore ! Who is he ? Planet Earth is the best liveing thing in millions of light years arround. When the Sun burns out, the human race better be in another universe,and on a class M planit. Untill then Injoy Life, by utlizlsing our natuaral resorscess. Eat drink and be mary, tommow we die.
Mother nature my ass, this stuff can kill you. And for those of you who made political statements about Sarah Palin, she just happens to be Gov. of Alaska and what may I ask do you do for a living. maybe Obama can take a few lessons.
Awesome photos, awesome God!
Beautiful pictures and a lot of hogwash.
Politics, creationism, volcanoes .. which one does not belong with the other two?
Earth may rid itself of its human infestation sooner than we thought, but it sure is pretty to look at, even though it could provide some pyroclasm to look at in the meantime. I especially like the ice/fire contrasts. My friend did some fire juggling in front of a lava flow in Hawaii and filmed it. Hot feet, cool pictures!
Very interesting photo's
this is the coolest pics i have seen in a long time..........
I am amazed at how people get riled up by others comments. Climate change happens. It has happened for millenia. In the early 1800's there was a mini ice-age which spawned all those cute Victorian Christmas cards with snow-bedecked houses. Before that there were warming spells with weather so mild that even in northern Europe,so-called "mild weather crops" could grow. Al Gore has succeeded in hoodwinking a huge populace who are willing to believe anything--even things like' what Brad Pitt does is important!'!! When I see big fat Al riding a bike to work, from his unheated,bathroom-free home, then I will believe.
these photos are just great and will be as close as i will ever see one... i especially liked the outerspace photo.....lovely
To #44 .. I am sure the folks here would be happy to chip in on a fund to have you removed from it.
Those look really cool i'm glad i wasn't the one taking the picture because some of those look kinda scary!
Truly amazing photos and awe inspiring. One only needs to see this to realize how truly stupid all the global warming hysteria is. More CO2 was probably released in this eruption than the US have produced in the last 10 years. Man truly is small when compared to mother nature and we are very foolish to think that we significantly impact or can change the natural cycles of weather and earth metamorphus that have been going on for billions of years. We will warm up and cool down....
"ONTOGENY RECAPITULATES PHYLOGENY!" -- JACKSON M. LANGTON 2009
Wow that's amazing!
Very well put #325.....though I did have to use my dictionary.
Holy moly thats so cool
it was awesome
That thing put more greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere than all of mankind has put there in all of recorded history. And we dare to think that we have changed the climate of earth one way or another! We even dare to imagine that we are capable of it or of altering it. GET REAL!
Seeing such beauty how can one deny there is a God!
I LIKE THIS VOLCANO
these are the coolest pic i´ve seen. thanks for taking them
W O W ! ! ! .......... What a marvelous set of pictures ! All of man's ventures doesn't begin to compare with GOD's creations. Clutch from Salem, OR
wow this is a big one !!!
I have never seen anything so beautiful. Would love to have been there to see the action. The photographers did an excelent job taking pictures. God really does have control, doesn't he? Thank you God for such a beautiful world.
This comment is completely correct. There is no possible way man created global warming in only, what? about one hundred years? I believe we need to take care of the Earth but MAN CAUSED global warning is a complete fraud.
"324.Truly amazing photos and awe inspiring. One only needs to see this to realize how truly stupid all the global warming hysteria is. More CO2 was probably released in this eruption than the US have produced in the last 10 years. Man truly is small when compared to mother nature and we are very foolish to think that we significantly impact or can change the natural cycles of weather and earth metamorphus that have been going on for billions of years. We will warm up and cool down...."
Posted by Bob in Houston May 16, 09 03:40 PM
Mine is not a Religious or Political view - I see the spirituality in the pictures and thank the great creator tor the blessing of having the ability to see this miricle of nature in photographs, taken by those that have a gifted ability to see beauty with a clear eye. Thank you photographers for your shared talent and time.
From 242: “MS Palin said that she could see Russia from Alaska.”
Posted by Gregory McDaniel
Actually, Palin never said that – it was a skit on Saturday Night Live that Tina Fay said, but it’s attributed to Palin quite in error as McDaniel did here.
Earth to #207. Has anyone told #207 that his interesting global warming "fact" about the earth taking 50,000 years to orbit the sun is slightly off. The time for the earth to orbit the sun is approximately 365.25 days. In the scientific world, that is commonly referred to as "one year," not "50,000 years." [ I was formerly associatied with the early NASA space programs. It has been a while since then, but I don't think the earth's orbit has changed all that much since 40 years ago. Correct me if I am slightly in error].
those picks were osauwsom
rite probly
that is a good picture
ammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmuuuu
beautiful pictures just the best that i have ever seen!
My six year old daughter and I live in Las Vegas Nevada. We shared these pictures together as we just kept saying "Wow" "Woo" "Wow" as we continued viewing them. These pictures are absolutely amazing. She continued to ask "Mommy is that real?"