{"id":783,"date":"2009-03-26T22:06:15","date_gmt":"2009-03-27T02:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hydrogeo.wordpress.com\/?p=64"},"modified":"2009-03-26T22:06:15","modified_gmt":"2009-03-27T02:06:15","slug":"redoubt-erupts-and-we-can-watch-safely-from-the-web","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/jefferson\/redoubt-erupts-and-we-can-watch-safely-from-the-web\/","title":{"rendered":"Redoubt erupts and we can watch safely from the web"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Though born and raised in the craton of North America, my PhD field work looked at the interplay between volcanism, hydrology, and geomorphology in the Oregon Cascades. I&#8217;ll admit that I&#8217;ve become a bit of a volcano geek, and the last few weeks have provided some really spectacular eruptions to watch safely from my non-volcanically active perch in North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>First up, we had the undersea eruption and emergence of a new island near Tonga. Intrepid locals and airline passengers snapped some amazing pictures, best showcased on the Boston Globe&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/bigpicture\/2009\/03\/undersea_eruptions_near_tonga.html\">Big Picture site<\/a>. The eruption was a textbook example of a Surtseyan eruption, well, if <a href=\"http:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/1267\">Surtsey<\/a> itself hadn&#8217;t already coined the phrase.<\/p>\n<p>Just when we thought it would never happen, Alaska&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.avo.alaska.edu\/activity\/Redoubt.php\">Redoubt Volcano<\/a> decided to put on a good show for us. The eruption started on March 22nd, but the biggest eruption so far occurred this morning at 9:24 am Alaska time. The ash column reached 20 km into the atmosphere.\u00a0 Images of the volcano also show new <a href=\"http:\/\/volcanoes.usgs.gov\/images\/pglossary\/lahar.php\">lahar<\/a> deposits going down the Drift River valley.<\/p>\n<p>One of the cool features of these eruptions has been the ability of even armchair volcano enthusiasts to watch the events unfold in near real-time. The Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.avo.alaska.edu\/webcam\/Redoubt_-_Hut.php\">webcam with a nice view<\/a> of Redoubt&#8217;s summit (image below is from this evening), you can follow the course of the eruption on AVO&#8217;s twitter feed,\u00a0 and there are some excellent volcano-centric bloggers who are doing a commendable job\u00a0 of providing commentary on the eruptions. Of the volcano bloggers, I&#8217;d have to say my favorite is <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/eruptions\/\">Erik Klemetti of Eruptions<\/a>. Erik is an igneous petrologist, and a fellow <a href=\"http:\/\/geo.oregonstate.edu\/\">OSU Geosciences<\/a> alum.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65\" title=\"redoubt\" src=\"http:\/\/hydrogeo.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/03\/redoubt.jpg\" alt=\"Here's a &lt;a href=\" width=\" mce_href=\" height=\"375\" \/><br \/>\nView of Redoubt from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.avo.alaska.edu\/activity\/Redoubt.php\">AVO&#8217;s Hut webcam<\/a> as of 26 March 2009, 17:50 Alaska Daylight Time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though born and raised in the craton of North America, my PhD field work looked at the interplay between volcanism, hydrology, and geomorphology in the Oregon Cascades. 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