Posted by CypressTX on 3/28/2009, 2:15 pm, in reply to "updated ADN article"

you can see Frodo & Sam hanging on... Photograph of lightning from Redoubt's 11:20 pm, March 27, eruption, courtesy of Bretwood Higman. Picture Date: March 27, 2009 Image Creator: Higman, Bretwood; All kidding aside, isn't that an incredible photo... --Previous Message-- : http://www.adn.com/volcano/story/738389.html : : exerpts: : : "If history is a guide, the last : eruption at Redoubt -- from December 1989 to : April 1990 -- lasted four months and : generated 23 distinct eruptions, according : to U.S. Geological Survey records." : : "By comparison, Redoubt's current : eruptive episode is less than a week old, : and it would have to continue through half : the summer to match the 1989-1990 eruption : in terms of duration. At the same time, it's : already generated 13 distinct eruptions, and : at that rate it could match its previous : mark in just one more week." : : "Below the summit, however, Waythomas : and others discovered that heat from the : volcano has already melted or evaporated : away about one-fifth of the Drift Glacier. : That's nearly commensurate with the : "cubic kilometer ... about one-fourth : of the glacier" that was lost to : melting 20 years ago, Waythomas said. : : "So perhaps this eruption is not going : to follow that (1989-90) script," he : said. "It's still too early to : tell."" : : :