Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Finally, A direct View

Today we finally got a good personal view of Augustine. It has been too hazy since it started erupting for us to get a good view. It really stands out in the ocean because all the land and mountains around it are solid white, but it is brownish-black. The Indians used to call it the Brown Mountain because that's how it looks when covered in Ash.
So when we went to town, it was just the mountain and then when we came home, it was erupting, so we pulled over and watched it sending its plume of ash and steam up. It was REALLY cool to watch.

1 comment:

The Rhiens said...

That's awesome that you got to see it! Too bad you didn't have a camera with you. :)

Love, Earlene