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Kasatochi from space

Explore the recent ash plume eruption at Kasatochi, Alaska, captured beautifully by NASA. Discover the latest updates on seismicity.

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NASA posted a nice image of the ash plume from the current eruption at Kasatochi (Alaska) showing the brown/grey ash mixing with white clouds over the Pacific. Not much else to report on the eruption other than that AVO reported that seismicity remained low from August 10-12.

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