Photo of the 2008 Okmok eruption

Here's a stunning shot of the current eruption at Okmok Caldera in Alaska (brought to us by National Geographic).

Personally, I think the best part is the fact that this was shot by an Alaska Airlines pilot! Talk about "to the right of the plane..." fodder.

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I'm back from my conference and will hopefully be getting back to a regular schedule!  In the meantime, the biggest news is still the eruption of Okmok Caldera in Alaska. The latest news has the eruption still going strong and the USGS predicting it will continues for potentially weeks to months…
Okmok Caldera in Alaska's Aleutian Islands erupted today, sending an ash column to at least 30,000 feet. Very little news has been released about the eruption so far beyond this information about the eruption column and some bits about precursor seismicity. A number of flights to Unalaska Island…
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