A layer of ash is exposed in melting snow on the upper slopes of Makushin volcano.  The ash is composed primarily of hydrothermally altered rock which gives it a distinctive grey color.  View is from the southwest.

A layer of ash is exposed in melting snow on the upper slopes of Makushin volcano. The ash is composed primarily of hydrothermally altered rock which gives it a distinctive grey color. View is from the southwest.

Date: Jul 7th, 1996
Volcano(es): Makushin
Photographer: Roach, A. L.
URL: avo.alaska.edu/image/view/1141
Image courtesy of AVO / University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute.
Please cite the photographer and Alaska Volcano Observatory / University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute when using this image.
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