Well, this week at the SERC Teaching Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry Workshop has been busier than I thought (and yes, there was a Red Sox game mixed in), so not a lot of time to blog, but a few brief updates to share:
Hawai`i: Lots going on with the ongoing activity at Kilauea that is appearing to slow down - and a lot of USGS timelapse videos as well to check out. I glanced at the HVO Kilauea status and it seems that the activity at Pu`u O`o has prompted the draining of the lava lake at the summit crater, so we might be seeing some significant reorganization of the magmatic system at the volcano.
Alaska: We also got our first decent glimpse of the new dome on Cleveland volcano in the Aleutians. AVO doesn't seem to think that this activity is likely to lead to a big explosive event ...
