Was there any lava or other pyroclastic materials in the eruption?
Geologists likely won’t be able to tell until later in the morning, Schaefer said. “We’ll have to wait until the smoke clear.” There was some lava in the 1989 eruption, which featured a dome-building episode in the crater of the volcano after the initial eruption. “It’s certainly injecting ash high into the atmosphere,” she added. The AVO Web site reports that the ash was vaulted 15,000 feet above sea level. Some light ashfall has already been reported, and more will likely come once people in the area begin to wake up. While the 1989 eruption spewed considerable amounts of ash in and around Anchorage, this eruption will likely yield a minor amount. “We’re not expecting a large amount of ash,” Schaefer said. Click for related contentAlaska volcano shoots ash 9 miles high Alaskans brace for volcanic eruption The scientific roots of a volcanoThere were issues with the ash affecting flights in the area in the last eruption. Have warnings been sent out this time? “The FAA [Federal Aviation
