Indecision creek coming from the right side of the view has a pH of 1.2. In early summer 2005, the crater lake at Chiginagak Volcano flooded down this drainage.  An accompanying release of acidic aerosols flowed down the valley and caused the vegetation damage seen here in the valley bottom.

Indecision creek coming from the right side of the view has a pH of 1.2. In early summer 2005, the crater lake at Chiginagak Volcano flooded down this drainage. An accompanying release of acidic aerosols flowed down the valley and caused the vegetation damage seen here in the valley bottom.

Date: Jun 21st, 2006
Volcano(es): Chiginagak
Photographer: Read, Cyrus
URL: avo.alaska.edu/image/view/10589
Image courtesy of AVO/USGS.
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