Well, a little bit.
Some air flights in Alaska and British Columbia were delayed during the first week of November by an ash cloud that had traveled thousands of miles across the Northern Pacific.
It came from Klyuchevskoy.
We’re well acquainted with this Kamchatkan giant, but on November 1st, as part of an ongoing vigorous eruption, Klyuchevskoy did this:
Klyuchevskoy is a basaltic volcano and those look to this layperson like incredibly intense strombolian fountains.
Sulfur compounds are always a special concern with basaltic eruptions, and the scientists were on it:
An #eruption of #Klyuchevskoy (#Kamchatka, #Russia), Eurasia's highest active #volcano, has spread SO₂ & ash over the North Pacific. #Sentinel5P #TROPOMI detects ~0.1 Tg SO₂ on Nov 2; Klyuchevskoy's largest eruption since 1994 but well below the threshold for #climate impacts. pic.twitter.com/LCoioftL3C
— Prof. Simon Carn (@simoncarn) November 2, 2023
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Now KVERT reports that the eruption is over. I suspect, though, that things won’t stay quiet for long in the Land of Stone Torches.
When one fires up again, let’s hope that it sheds much light and less “reach out and touch you” stuff!
Lagniappe:
Nearby Shiveluch is not basaltic, as it demonstrated earlier this year with a powerful explosion (today, Shiveluch is growing a new dome):
Featured image: NASA.
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