October 2012 - Avoemails - list.avo.alaska.edu

[Public Email] Pavof Volcano
by litlgabby＠yahoo.com 25 Oct '12

25 Oct '12

--------------------------------------------------------------- The following message was sent to you via AVO Web Email System: --------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Richard Parker Email Address: litlgabby(a)yahoo.com Subject: Pavof Volcano Message: I'm curious as to what happened to the Webcam stationed at Cold Bay that is pointed toward Pavolf. The picture has NOT changed since April 29, 2012 Is there any plans on fixing the Webcam? Thanks for your help. I've found your website very informative and well maintained. Thanks! ---------------------------------------------------------------- REMOTE IP ADDRESS: 127.0.0.1 USER AGENT/BROWSER: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; rv:16.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/16.0 REFERRING PAGE: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/contact.php

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Re: Smithsonian Education programming on geology and volcanoes
by cheryl.cameron＠alaska.gov 18 Oct '12

18 Oct '12

Hello Adam - Have you looked at our online image database? There are a few short movies/animations in there, also: https://www.avo.alaska.edu/images/ Regarding a request for physical objects and things like that - it would be a lot easier if you were more specific about what you're looking for. Otherwise I think I'd spend a long time hunting down items only to find that you've got it covered from another observatory. Thank you, Cheryl -------- Adam Blankenbicker wrote: Good Afternoon-- The National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC will be opening a new 10,000 sq ft. hands-on education space in the Fall of 2012. The space, called Q?RIUS, will include 1000â��s of real objects covering our research departments (mineral sciences, entomology, vertebrate zoology, invertebrate zoology, anthropology, botany and paleobiology), and many different types of activities and programs for public and school groups. The reason for this email is that we are looking for digital media to add context to the specimens we have, including photos, videos, diagrams, and audio. Visitors will be able to scan a QR code attached to each specimen, and information and images will appear on a screen, including this digital media. The real specimens being used come from our education collections, not research collections, so we definitely have some holes that need to be filled in the future... One of the activities I am currently working on focuses on the variety of products that come out of volcanoes. While the list is not 100% comprehensive, some of the objects we plan to include are ash (St. Helens), aa, pahoehoe, peridotite xenolith, scoria, pumice, obsidian, & reticulite. And maybe a jar of gas to represent the gases that are given off, as well. We are definitely missing some key pieces (i.e. rhyolite), but this is mainly due to our what we have in our collection. Would your observatory be able and willing to pass along to us digital media related to these objects, and the permission to use them in our education center and online collection associated with it? Video or photos of lava flows, collecting specimens in the field, finding peridotite xenoliths, various eruptions, etcâ�¦ I would also like to ask about the possibility of gathering actual specimens for our education collection and how we might get them here to DC. If you have any questions, please contact me via email or phone (see below). Thanks for your time. Cheers. -Adam- Adam Blankenbicker Education Specialist - Geology Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History BlankenbickerA(a)si.edu Tel. (202) 633-1123 -- Cheryl Cameron Geologist, Alaska Volcano Observatory Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys voice: 907-451-5012 fax: 907-451-5050

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Re: Cold Bay Web Cam
by cheryl.cameron＠alaska.gov 18 Oct '12

18 Oct '12

Hi Jill - Yes, that camera needs a site visit from us - but I'm not aware of any current Cold Bay fieldwork plans. (As you know, Cold Bay is not easy or cheap to get to!) Happily, our Pavlof seismometers are working well. Thank you for your interest, Cheryl -------- Jill Pickett wrote: It appears the web cam in Cold Bay AK has not broadcasted in quite a while. Will this be fixed. We have family there and are just wondering. We enjoy seeing the conditions there. Thanks, Jill -- Cheryl Cameron Geologist, Alaska Volcano Observatory Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys voice: 907-451-5012 fax: 907-451-5050

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[Public Email] Cold Bay Web Cam
by jillsmoakpickett＠gmail.com 18 Oct '12

18 Oct '12

--------------------------------------------------------------- The following message was sent to you via AVO Web Email System: --------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Jill Pickett Email Address: jillsmoakpickett(a)gmail.com Subject: Cold Bay Web Cam Message: It appears the web cam in Cold Bay AK has not broadcasted in quite a while. Will this be fixed. We have family there and are just wondering. We enjoy seeing the conditions there. Thanks, Jill ---------------------------------------------------------------- REMOTE IP ADDRESS: 127.0.0.1 USER AGENT/BROWSER: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; Media Center PC 6.0; .NET4.0C; InfoPath.3; Tablet PC 2.0) REFERRING PAGE: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/contact.php

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Re: Large debris trail avalanche on Illiamna new today
by cheryl.cameron＠alaska.gov 15 Oct '12

15 Oct '12

Hi Dennis! Thank you for the pictures and observations. We are glad to have them! -Cheryl -------- Dennis Anderson wrote: Hello folks, This morning I see a debris trail down Red glacier on the eastern flank of Illiamna that was not there yesterday. I sent three images to Cheryl Cameron but if there is another place I should send them let me know. There is vigorous fumerole activity today and a pretty good steam plume reaching about 1500 feet above the summit. The debris trail is approximately 5000 vertical feet and I can see steaming of debris closer to the top and southern fumerole field. There is also some reddish-gray discoloration of the snow higher up from wind blown ash (?) The debris trail looks dark due to melt water and seems to have done some channeling down into the glacier. -- Cheryl Cameron Geologist, Alaska Volcano Observatory Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys voice: 907-451-5012 fax: 907-451-5050

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[Public Email] Large debris trail avalanche on Illiamna new today
by auroradude＠acsalaska.net 13 Oct '12

13 Oct '12

--------------------------------------------------------------- The following message was sent to you via AVO Web Email System: --------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Dennis Anderson Email Address: auroradude(a)acsalaska.net Subject: Large debris trail avalanche on Illiamna new today Message: Hello folks, This morning I see a debris trail down Red glacier on the eastern flank of Illiamna that was not there yesterday. I sent three images to Cheryl Cameron but if there is another place I should send them let me know. There is vigorous fumerole activity today and a pretty good steam plume reaching about 1500 feet above the summit. The debris trail is approximately 5000 vertical feet and I can see steaming of debris closer to the top and southern fumerole field. There is also some reddish-gray discoloration of the snow higher up from wind blown ash (?) The debris trail looks dark due to melt water and seems to have done some channeling down into the glacier. ---------------------------------------------------------------- REMOTE IP ADDRESS: 127.0.0.1 USER AGENT/BROWSER: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1) AppleWebKit/537.4 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/22.0.1229.94 Safari/537.4 REFERRING PAGE: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/contact.php

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[Public Email] Smithsonian Education programming on geology and volcanoes
by BlankenbickerA＠si.edu 10 Oct '12

10 Oct '12

--------------------------------------------------------------- The following message was sent to you via AVO Web Email System: --------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Adam Blankenbicker Email Address: BlankenbickerA(a)si.edu Subject: Smithsonian Education programming on geology and volcanoes Message: Good Afternoon-- The National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC will be opening a new 10,000 sq ft. hands-on education space in the Fall of 2012. The space, called Q?RIUS, will include 1000’s of real objects covering our research departments (mineral sciences, entomology, vertebrate zoology, invertebrate zoology, anthropology, botany and paleobiology), and many different types of activities and programs for public and school groups. The reason for this email is that we are looking for digital media to add context to the specimens we have, including photos, videos, diagrams, and audio. Visitors will be able to scan a QR code attached to each specimen, and information and images will appear on a screen, including this digital media. The real specimens being used come from our education collections, not research collections, so we definitely have some holes that need to be filled in the future... One of the activities I am currently working on focuses on the variety of products that come out of volcanoes. While the list is not 100% comprehensive, some of the objects we plan to include are ash (St. Helens), aa, pahoehoe, peridotite xenolith, scoria, pumice, obsidian, & reticulite. And maybe a jar of gas to represent the gases that are given off, as well. We are definitely missing some key pieces (i.e. rhyolite), but this is mainly due to our what we have in our collection. Would your observatory be able and willing to pass along to us digital media related to these objects, and the permission to use them in our education center and online collection associated with it? Video or photos of lava flows, collecting specimens in the field, finding peridotite xenoliths, various eruptions, etc… I would also like to ask about the possibility of gathering actual specimens for our education collection and how we might get them here to DC. If you have any questions, please contact me via email or phone (see below). Thanks for your time. Cheers. -Adam- Adam Blankenbicker Education Specialist - Geology Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History BlankenbickerA(a)si.edu Tel. (202) 633-1123 ---------------------------------------------------------------- REMOTE IP ADDRESS: 127.0.0.1 USER AGENT/BROWSER: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/5.0) REFERRING PAGE: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/contact.php

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Re: Little Sitkin
by cheryl.cameron＠alaska.gov 08 Oct '12

08 Oct '12

Hello Tobias - You might find this page helpful: https://www.avo.alaska.edu/webicorders/ The seismic station records movement at the site - we can only tell the source of the movement by analyzing the data from several stations. The seismic stations themselves are quite sensitive - enough to record traces of larger worldwide earthquakes. We do not have any tiltmeters at AVO. Thank you, Cheryl -------- Tobias Smit wrote: The level of activity on the webicorder is interesting to follow from day to day. Could you explain the sensitivity of the instrument please? Is it surface motion or deeper down or lava movement? As well are there monitors to indicate rising(or lowering) of the surface? I think there are more instruments on the site how do you collect the data from them? Thank you I enjoy the way your web site informs. -- Cheryl Cameron Geologist, Alaska Volcano Observatory Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys voice: 907-451-5012 fax: 907-451-5050

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[Public Email] Little Sitkin
by tobiassmit＠hotmail.com 07 Oct '12

07 Oct '12

--------------------------------------------------------------- The following message was sent to you via AVO Web Email System: --------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Tobias Smit Email Address: tobiassmit(a)hotmail.com Subject: Little Sitkin Message: The level of activity on the webicorder is interesting to follow from day to day. Could you explain the sensitivity of the instrument please? Is it surface motion or deeper down or lava movement? As well are there monitors to indicate rising(or lowering) of the surface? I think there are more instruments on the site how do you collect the data from them? Thank you I enjoy the way your web site informs. ---------------------------------------------------------------- REMOTE IP ADDRESS: 127.0.0.1 USER AGENT/BROWSER: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; rv:15.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/15.0.1 REFERRING PAGE: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/contact.php

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Re: Tanaga????
by cheryl.cameron＠alaska.gov 03 Oct '12

03 Oct '12

Hello Lela; Those are aftershocks from a tectonic (not volcanic) M6.4 that happened near Tanaga. Hope this helps, Cheryl -------- Lela Criswell wrote: I've been watching the Little Sitkin webicorder for the past few weeks while it's been on yellow status, and looking at others in that same area of the Aleutians. On the 28th and 29th there were MANY small earthquakes on the Tanaga webicorder, way more than on Little Sitkin. Today they are not as east to see as there is obviously some weather event showing up on both Kanaga and Tanaga, but there are still many of them there. If this were Gareloi I would think it was normal, but it's different for Tanaga. What's going on? -- Cheryl Cameron Geologist, Alaska Volcano Observatory Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys voice: 907-451-5012 fax: 907-451-5050

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