Pavlof Volcano

Geology.com ^ | 2014 | Hobart King

[JimSEA]

Pavlof is one of the most active volcanoes in North America. In the past 100 years, Pavlof has erupted at least 24 times and may have erupted on several other occasions. The remote location and weather with limited visibility, combined with the fact that there are few local inhabitants, may have allowed some eruptions to go unconfirmed. Today, daily satellite monitoring and real-time data from instruments around the volcano bring a continuous stream of information to scientists. [1]

Although there is very little human activity on the land immediately surrounding Pavlof, the sky above is heavily travelled. Each day at least 20,000 international airline passengers and dozens of flights loaded with freight fly above the volcano. An eruption at Pavlof that puts large amounts of volcanic ash high into the atmosphere produces air traffic safety concerns and significant financial losses as flights must be rerouted. This is why the volcano receives so much attention from scientists. [2]

[JimSEA]

Since Pavlof has been sending plumes of ash up over 30,000 feet and disrupting aviation overhead, I thought some might find this informative. Pavlof is historically active, an Alaskan Mount Etna.

[lee martell]

Interesting. I’ve heard of Pavlov’s Dog, which may or may not have actually existed, but I’ve not heard of Pavlof’s Volcano. Could there be some correlation between the two?

[blam]

Bump.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks blam, related topic: Volcano erupts in Alaska.

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[smokingfrog]

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/flt/t6/vis-l.jpg

[JimSEA]

I wondered that as well. It erupts when someone rings a bell?

[lee martell]

Maybe it erupts when a dog barks, or vice versa,

[wny]

So.....Pavlov was in the pub having a pint when the bell rang for last call. He jumped up and said “oh crap! I forgot to feed the dog!”