[Herra Tohtori]

http://www.avo.alaska.edu/activity/Redoubt.php

http://pafc.arh.noaa.gov/volcano.php

Exactly what it says on the tin.

Basically, a series of ongoing explosions that have so far produced an ash cloud reaching altitude of 50 000 ft (about 15 km). Webcams currently show just black because it's night, but we'll see what it looks like in about 4-5 hours time.



Left webcam is further from the volcano, while the right one is much closer but supported by batteries and I dont' know if it's working, but here's hoping it does...

[Stormkeeper]

You live near the Mount?

[Nuke]

meh, it used to do that a lot when i was a kid in anchorage (it blew at least 3 or 4 times while i was there), used to play in the 3 inch thick layer of volcanic ash that used to cover everything. was kinda cool. like having snow without the cold.

[Herra Tohtori]

You live near the Mount?

No, I live in Finland, just thought it was interesting and figured I might as well post a thread about it.

[watsisname]

I remember last summer some volcano erupted up in Alaska and the ash cloud altered the sunsets nearly worldwide for several days.  Would be cool to see that happen again.

http://www.atoptics.co.uk/atoptics/sunvolc.htm