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Minor lava flows detected on two Alaska volcanoes

...island in the Aleutian Islands, experienced a low-level eruption in early May. The observatory says analysis of satellite imagery shows a lava flow partly down a flank of the volcano. No ash clouds have been detected in the past week.Cleveland...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-15
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Budget cuts pare real-time monitoring of volcanoes

...625 miles from Anchorage, does have seismic instruments, which picked up tremors signaling a possible eruption. Satellite imagery also showed a lot of heat in the mountain.In Alaska, 32 volcanoes once had 200 working seismic instruments. Now...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-15/budget-cuts-pare-real-time-monitoring-v
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Second volcano this month is heating up in Alaska

...Anchorage, according to the Alaska Volcano Observatory. Satellite imagery showed the mountain was "very, very hot," said...experienced a low-level eruption in early May. Satellite imagery shows the volcano continues to discharge steam...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-14/second-volcano-month-heating-alaska
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Cleveland volcano has small eruption

...There has been a small eruption from a remote Alaska volcano.The Alaska Volcano Observatory says in a release that satellite imagery showed a low-level ash cloud from Cleveland Volcano on Sunday.Officials say the cloud dispersed over several...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-08-21/cleveland-volcano-has-small-eruption
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Satellite imagery shows NKorea missile activity

WASHINGTON - Satellite imagery indicates North Korea has been testing rocket engines, a sign it continues to develop its long-range ballistic missiles, a...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-11-13/satellite-imagery-shows-nkorea-missile-
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Long-distance swims associated with loss of sea ice may cause problems for Alaska polar bears

...cub had disappeared. Her collar was one of 68 deployed on female bears between 2004 and 2009 in combination with satellite imagery of sea ice to identify female bears swimming long distances. Collars are not placed on male bears because they slide...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2011-07-20/long-distance-swims-associated-loss-sea
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Alaska volcano sends ash plume up to 15,000 feet

...monitoring or instrumentation there, so it's hard for us to pinpoint things any more accurately than we can do with satellite imagery."The event Thursday drew strong interest from air carriers."Any time you put an ash cloud up into the atmosphere...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2011-12-30/alaska-volcano-sends-ash-plume-15000-fe
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Yakutat blasts official inertia

...begins surging in March. This year, it began moving toward Gilbert Point only a few weeks ago. Based on recent satellite imagery, the glacier now appears to be about 600 feet from Gilbert Point, said Patricia O'Connor, Yakutat district ranger...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/060505/sta_20050605003.shtml
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Juneau Empire Story Archive

...equivalent to the El Nino phenomenon that periodically warms the equatorial Pacific and triggers major weather changes. Satellite imagery over the past couple of decades has shown the ice cap shrinking. But what wasn't known until recently was that...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/051800/Loc_icecap.shtml
Water starts to recede in Eagle

...disaster declaration. The Alaska Division of Homeland Security has set up a command center in the school, where satellite imagery maps are coiled on grade-school sized tables. With water levels down, emergency workers will focus on accounting...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/050809/sta_437699629.shtml

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