Here's a stunning shot of the current eruption at Okmok Caldera in Alaska (brought to us by National Geographic).
Personally, I think the best part is the fact that this was shot by an Alaska Airlines pilot! Talk about "to the right of the plane..." fodder.
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Some remarkable weather in North America recently as most of you probably know. Check out Jeff Masters for some of the details.
Andy Freeman said:
Since Alaska is significantly larger, that factor of 20 is not
particularly relevant.
If you want to consider population density, Alaska has a density 7
times that of Yukon. This is a rather enormous difference.
I had heard it was warm in Alaska, but holy moly, I didn't know it was THIS warm.