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Eruption on Augustine Island, Alaska: Natural Hazards |
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Alaska's Augustine Volcano continued erupting in late |
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January 2006. According to the Alaska Volcano Observatory |
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www.avo.alaska.edu (AVO) , the volcano entered a state of |
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continuos eruption on January 28. On January 30, a flight |
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over the volcano showed a volcanic plume reaching |
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approximately 4,900 meters (16,000 feet) above sea level |
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and extending 150 kilometers (90 miles) to the north. The |
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Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer |
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modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/ (MODIS) flying onboard the |
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terra.nasa.gov/ Terra satellite captured this image on |
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January 30, 2006. Although clouds cover much of the |
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region, the volcano's plume can still be seen billowing |
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away toward the northeast. |
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Considered the most active volcano in the eastern |
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Aleutian arc, Augustine experienced its largest |
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historical eruption in 1883 when the volcano's dome |
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collapsed. It erupted again in 1986, producing an |
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avalanche of ash, rock fragments, and gas. Augustine's |
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oldest dated volcanic rocks are more than 40,000 years |
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old. |
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NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, |
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rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team at |
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NASA GSFC |
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Date Published: 2011-07-27 08:24:37 |
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Identifier: augustine_tmo_2006030 |
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Language: eng |
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