Akutan Volcano, Alaska
by Michael Jackson, UNAVCO, Boulder, USA
High winds create lenticular clouds off Shishaldin Volcano in the Aleutian Islands. UNAVCO staff installed 16 integrated geophysical instruments including GPS, seismic, tilt, meteorologic instruments on Unimak Island as part of the EarthScope Project.
Taken on 22
July
2008
Submitted on 24 February 2011
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- Exact location (-164.6631 W, 54.7902 N)
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