Geologists are raising the alert level for Mount Redoubt, a volcano in Alaska that has caused problems for airplanes flying by in the past.
In 1989, a KLM flight was caught in the middle of an eruption. Volcanic ash got caught in the engine and the plane dropped 3 km before it was able to make it safely to the Anchorage airport.
Some of our bloggers have visited the volatile mountain in the past. Check out their blog posts:
Ross11 studied Environmental Science at Alaska University. She made a trip down to Mount Redoubt for Thanksgiving and took some incredible shots:
Mount Redoubt with waves
Craig was personal tour guide through Ninilchik and Homer, stopping at every location just so I could get a photo. We were sun chasers for a morning up at the Russian Orthodox church on the hill in Ninilchik, and down to the water for more photos, then back up to the church and down again.
-from “American Thanksgiving in Anchorage and Ninilchik” – Anchorage and Ninilchik, Alasha, United States
Wolfpackcruiser took a trip with his mom around the Kenai Peninsula:
Mount Redoubt
We saw a big female moose grazing on the side of the road this morning. We also got to see two volcanoes across Cook Inlet that were shrouded in clouds two days before when we first drove out that road.
-from “Driving” – Girdwood, Alaska, United States
Tags: Alaska, Anchorage, eruption, KLM, Mount Redoubt, Ninilchik, volcanic ash, volcano
April 15, 2009 at 12:01 pm |
Not that I’m impressed a lot, but this is more than I expected for when I stumpled upon a link on SU telling that the info is quite decent. Thanks.
April 15, 2009 at 2:04 pm |
What do you mean by that?