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

Re: Iliamna Picture is not current
by cheryl.cameron＠alaska.gov 16 Mar '12

16 Mar '12

Hello Georgia - The current picture on our homepage of Iliamna is a very nice image, showing its normal fumarolic activity. We do have some more recent photographs of Iliamna (from here, click on the "More images of Iliamna" link: https://www.avo.alaska.edu/activity/Iliamna.php ) (or, use the left hand "Images" link on this page: https://www.avo.alaska.edu/volcanoes/volcinfo.php?volcname=Iliamna ) Recent weather in Cook Inlet has been poor. We are currently awaiting a weather window to conduct an overflight of the volcano. We will likely have more photos after that flight. Thank you for your interest, Cheryl Cameron -------- Georgia Norris wrote: The picture is not current, don't you have a current picture to view the volcano? And if you do why the old pics? -- 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] Iliamna Picture is not current
by hunann＠gci.net 16 Mar '12

16 Mar '12

--------------------------------------------------------------- The following message was sent to you via AVO Web Email System: --------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Georgia Norris Email Address: hunann(a)gci.net Subject: Iliamna Picture is not current Message: The picture is not current, don't you have a current picture to view the volcano? And if you do why the old pics? ---------------------------------------------------------------- REMOTE IP ADDRESS: 127.0.0.1 USER AGENT/BROWSER: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; OfficeLiveConnector.1.3; OfficeLivePatch.1.3) REFERRING PAGE: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/contact.php ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message at http://www.avo.alaska.edu/admin/avo_email.php?id=9571

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[Public Email] Kupreanof and Isanotski
by kal357skag＠gci.net 14 Mar '12

14 Mar '12

--------------------------------------------------------------- The following message was sent to you via AVO Web Email System: --------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Glenn Erickson Email Address: kal357skag(a)gci.net Subject: Kupreanof and Isanotski Message: In the Volcano Search area of the AVO site, a picture of the peak of Kupreanof (July 1988) is very similar to a picture of the peak of Isanotski (July 2010). Could it be that the later picture identity is based on better information and they are actually the same peak? Thanks for any help. Glenn ---------------------------------------------------------------- REMOTE IP ADDRESS: 137.229.113.112 USER AGENT/BROWSER: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_7_3) AppleWebKit/534.53.11 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1.3 Safari/534.53.10 REFERRING PAGE: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/contact.php ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message at http://www.avo.alaska.edu/admin/avo_email.php?id=9563

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Re: Sanford smoking
by cheryl.cameron＠alaska.gov 13 Mar '12

13 Mar '12

Hello Cherish - As far as we know Sanford is not active. In volcano terms we call it "extinct", rather than "dormant" or "active" like Wrangell is. I'm not sure what you are seeing. One possibility is that you are seeing rock dust or condensation blown up by thermals rising along that steep southwest face. There are often rockfalls or avalanches on that face, and spring sun shining on the rock often creates strong thermals. One spectacular example in the past was in early '80s when a huge rockfall created a dust plume that rose to something like 30,000 feet. That was reported as an eruption by the LA Times. Thanks for letting us know about your observations. If you see more we'd be interested to hear about it. If you get photos we'd love to see them. On this page here: https://www.avo.alaska.edu/volcanoes/volcimage.php?volcname=sanford are meterologic/snow plumes from Sanford. Thank you again for writing with your observations, Cheryl Cameron -------- Cherish Brigner wrote: I didn't find anything saying that Sanford was active right now. I wanted to let someone know that Mt. Sanford has been smoking for over a week. The first time we noticed it was March 7, 2012 the sky was clear with no clouds in sight and the column of smoke coming from the top was really visible. Today March 13, 2012 there are a few clouds but you can still see the column pretty clearly. Could you please email me back and let me know what you think, my husband and I are very curious as to why it is smoking. Thank you very much. Cherish Brigner -- 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] Sanford smoking
by cherishbrigner1984＠hotmail.com 13 Mar '12

13 Mar '12

--------------------------------------------------------------- The following message was sent to you via AVO Web Email System: --------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Cherish Brigner Email Address: cherishbrigner1984(a)hotmail.com Subject: Sanford smoking Message: I didn't find anything saying that Sanford was active right now. I wanted to let someone know that Mt. Sanford has been smoking for over a week. The first time we noticed it was March 7, 2012 the sky was clear with no clouds in sight and the column of smoke coming from the top was really visible. Today March 13, 2012 there are a few clouds but you can still see the column pretty clearly. Could you please email me back and let me know what you think, my husband and I are very curious as to why it is smoking. Thank you very much. Cherish Brigner ---------------------------------------------------------------- REMOTE IP ADDRESS: 127.0.0.1 USER AGENT/BROWSER: Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 2.3.5; en-us; Milestone X Build/4.5.1_57_MX2-34) AppleWebKit/533.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile Safari/533.1 REFERRING PAGE: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/contact.php ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message at http://www.avo.alaska.edu/admin/avo_email.php?id=9561

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Re: photos of lahar flows near DRT
by cheryl.cameron＠alaska.gov 13 Mar '12

13 Mar '12

Hello Kenneth - There are several others on our public image database that perhaps you missed in your initial search. From here: https://www.avo.alaska.edu/images/ try searching for Redoubt in the volcano field and lahar in the caption field, and then again with Redoubt in the volcano field and DROT in the caption field (sorry, we haven't built a "AND/OR" search yet.) Doing these two searches will yield some duplicate images, but not 100% overlap. It will also retrieve images from 1989-90. Thank you, Cheryl Cameron -------- Kenneth Karle wrote: I am interested in viewing photos taken by AVO or others in the vicinity of the Drift River Terminal facility, during or shortly after the lahar flows on March 23 and April 4, 2009. I have downloaded AVO photos #416914 and #16984 from the avo.alaska.edu/images website; these are good examples of the type of photographic content I am seeking. Are there similar photos in your archive that are not online via the image search? Thank you for any help you can offer. -- 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] photos of lahar flows near DRT
by kkarle＠mtaonline.net 13 Mar '12

13 Mar '12

--------------------------------------------------------------- The following message was sent to you via AVO Web Email System: --------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Kenneth Karle Email Address: kkarle(a)mtaonline.net Subject: photos of lahar flows near DRT Message: I am interested in viewing photos taken by AVO or others in the vicinity of the Drift River Terminal facility, during or shortly after the lahar flows on March 23 and April 4, 2009. I have downloaded AVO photos #416914 and #16984 from the avo.alaska.edu/images website; these are good examples of the type of photographic content I am seeking. Are there similar photos in your archive that are not online via the image search? Thank you for any help you can offer. ---------------------------------------------------------------- REMOTE IP ADDRESS: 137.229.113.112 USER AGENT/BROWSER: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.27) Gecko/20120216 Firefox/3.6.27 REFERRING PAGE: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/contact.php ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message at http://www.avo.alaska.edu/admin/avo_email.php?id=9553

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Re: DC drifts in Iliama wecorder displays
by cheryl.cameron＠alaska.gov 13 Mar '12

13 Mar '12

Hi Robert - That station has telemetry issues. We're trying to work on it this week from the Kenai side of things. Thanks, Cheryl -------- robert somervillle wrote: Hi; I was just wondering what is causing those big DC shifts/drifts that we sometimes see in the Iliamna webcorder displays ? Cheers; Robert Somerville -- 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] DC drifts in Iliama wecorder displays
by rbrt.somerville＠gmail.com 12 Mar '12

12 Mar '12

--------------------------------------------------------------- The following message was sent to you via AVO Web Email System: --------------------------------------------------------------- Name: robert somervillle Email Address: rbrt.somerville(a)gmail.com Subject: DC drifts in Iliama wecorder displays Message: Hi; I was just wondering what is causing those big DC shifts/drifts that we sometimes see in the Iliamna webcorder displays ? Cheers; Robert Somerville ---------------------------------------------------------------- REMOTE IP ADDRESS: 127.0.0.1 USER AGENT/BROWSER: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.3) Gecko/20100416 Remi/fc10 Firefox/3.6.3 REFERRING PAGE: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/contact.php ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message at http://www.avo.alaska.edu/admin/avo_email.php?id=9551

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Re: Redoubt
by cheryl.cameron＠alaska.gov 12 Mar '12

12 Mar '12

Hello Scott - Atmospheric conditions have made Redoubt's vapor plume more visible than usual, lately. It's still a cooling lava dome. Glad you enjoy the site, Cheryl -------- Scott Seidl wrote: Last year I bookmarked the redoubt webpage as the eruption was going on. I still use that web page as my entry point into your site to monitor other volcano (i.e. Cleveland). As I have been checking lately the seems to be more steam coming from Redoubt. Have you noticed any changes or is it still the lava dome cooling? Thanks for the great information. -- Cheryl Cameron Geologist, Alaska Volcano Observatory Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys voice: 907-451-5012 fax: 907-451-5050

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