This picture is from the Alaska Volcano Observatory, and the Augustine Island web camera. The webcamera gets updated about every 1/2 hour (on the Alaska Volcano Observatory website). Its the only visual I've seen of the island so far. This pictures isn't ash I don't think, this is more of the steam. The newspaper said that the magma is about sea level and it is boiling the ground water and causing all this steam. Augustine also re-opened the same vent that erupted in 1986, so it is coming out the front and back. Today Augustine has exploded 3 times. They expect that the ash will start to land here anytime this afternoon. It was seen over Homer and Seldovia, but I haven't heard if anything landed on the ground.
We had some snow earlier and I "collected" a couple of samples on a paper plate, and we could see the little ash particles in the snow on the plate. It felt gritty too. We have done everything we could to be ready. We've got all the cars stored, the goose and duck are locked in their little pen, and we're all hunkered down here. Its kind of weird, yet fun. We'll keep you updated on what we know. If you want to check it out yourself, the website is: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/activity/Augustine.php We love you all! Alicia
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