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- Jan. 15, 1990: American Notes:Alaska
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- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
- Jan. 15, 1990 Antarctica
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- <source>Time Magazine</source>
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- NATION, Page 33
- American Notes
- ALASKA
- Redoubt Blows Its Top
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- <p> As the 6,500 residents of Kenai, Alaska, looked on in awe
- last week, Redoubt volcano continued its noisy return from a
- 25-year dormancy. The 10,194-ft. mountain, 115 miles southwest
- of Anchorage, had begun spewing ash last month, which disrupted
- mail deliveries and passenger air traffic in the heavily
- traveled corridor to Asia. But the latest series of eruptions
- were even more spectacular. A plume of volcanic ash rose 40,000
- ft. high, and lightning caused brilliant yellow and red flashes
- that illuminated the volcano against the night sky and revealed
- the area's coastline. Pilots reported seeing lava on the
- volcano's northwestern slope, although scientists were unable
- to confirm the sightings, saying the flow could have been a
- mixture of hot gas and ash. Though Redoubt had quieted down by
- week's end, experts cautioned that another violent outburst was
- possible as soon as sufficient energy has built up within the
- core.
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