Redoubt volcano in Alaska: a view of the restless giant from Anchorage

Calm before the storm?

The accompanying photo of Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano was shot from south Anchorage on Feb. 23.

Weeks have passed since scientists implied that an eruption is imminent, and the watch level remains Orange, which means "heightened or escalating unrest with increased potential of eruption."

This afternoon's report, from the Alaska Volcano Observatory: "Seismicity consists mostly of small discrete earthquakes. The web cams show clear views of the volcano this morning.

"The dark area on the north flank of Redoubt in the HUT web cam image appeared during a brief episode of strong tremor late yesterday afternoon. The dark area is evidence of a water rich flowage event coming from Drift Glacier."

Outposts has nothing more to report, at this point, but wanted to share one of the more colorful recent images.

-- Pete Thomas

Photo courtesy of AVO/USGS. Credit: Cyrus Read

Comments

[Not Redoubt]

That is NOT a picture of Mt. Redoubt!

It's a picture Augustine volcano.

[jfur]

@ E

Actually, you sound like the idiot. Ignorant to boot. Try looking up 1981 for starters.

[E]

Webmusher, are you an idiot? Hurricanes destroy tons of places besides "'Nawlins", and a hell of a lot more frequently than every 6 years. When is the last time a volcanic eruption caused any trouble in the US?

[Cheryl]

That number Jindal pulled out of the air was for a lot more than volcano monitoring. The real number to keep you guys safe is more like $14 million. I wonder how much we spend on, say, hurricane tracking.

[DW]

Let's put Jindal on top of the volcano with a cell phone, and he can call us and scream when it goes off.

Heck, video him every day there as a reality TV show. I'd pay to watch that!

[Webmusher]

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal thinks it's wasteful spending $140 million for volcano monitoring. As you can see we live with at least six Volcanoes in our back yard at all times. Perhaps what is wasteful is weather research to predict Hurricanes that only devastate 'Nawlins every few years.

I like to think that there are some very dedicated Scientists with very specialized instruments watching the seismic activity around these sleeping giants. I've had to run from them before, it's nice to have a warning.