Alaska Volcano Observatory

Hazy conditions from an approaching dust cloud resuspended from the Katmai region on December 31, 2016. Photograph taken from Kodiak, AK. Ash from the 1912 eruption of Novarupta-Katmai becomes resuspended into dust clouds during high northwesterly winds during dry, snow-free months. Photograph taken from Mission Beach in Kodiak around sunset. Photograph courtesy of Stephen Bodnar.