Mount Cleveland 2004

Mount Cleveland 2004


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P7134363 (July 13, 2004) I started out on this day by flying to Dutch Harbor, Alaska via Anchorage for my second field campaign to Mt. Cleveland for gathering information for my thesis. Along the way I got some great photos of Mt. Denali, which can be seen on the Denali photos page. Once in Dutch Harbor, after the weather had improved, I met up with the rest of the field party that was arriving throughout the day from Kansas State University. The day was spent waiting and relaxing before the long boat trip to Mt. Cleveland. I took some more photos of the wildlife on the island from Bald Eagles... P7134363
P7134365 ...another Bald Eagle... P7134365
P7134381 ...fledgling Bald Eagles,.... P7134381
P7134386 ...and a sea lion. P7134386
P7144409 Another Bald Eagle was observed near the boat before we left the island. P7144409
P7144416 (July 14, 2004) Today, the four of us headed from Dutch Harbor to Mt. Cleveland via boat (the Miss Peppers). Dutch Harbor is located on the island of Unalaska. The northern part of the island is made up of Makushin Volcano, which is also active. The route we took leaving Dutch Harbor took us to the northern part of this island. Some of the cool scenery we saw on the way was columnar jointing from older lavas,... P7144416
P7144426 ...hanging glaciated valleys with waterfalls,... P7144426
P7144427 ...older layered lava flows from Makushin Volcano,... P7144427
P7144451 ...another view of the hanging valleys with waterfalls,... P7144451
P7144484 ...and dike complexes cutting older lava flows. P7144484
P7144503 After a little while the captain of the boat took us to a part on Unalaska where there was northern fur seals hanging out trying to get some last minute sun. P7144503
P7144507 Zooming in on them, and getting closer,... P7144507
P7144511 ...we saw some bull seals (males)... P7144511
P7144532 ...even one with some battle scars. P7144532
P7144537 We got to another part of the same area where a lot of the seals began jumping in the water, because they were trying to protect themselves. P7144537
P7144546 Once in the water, though, they were mainly in a large group and very courious. We left the seals behind, and continued on to Mt. Cleveland and night time. The weather at this point was very nice and calm. P7144546
P7174599 (July 15, 2004 to July 31, 2004) We woke on July 15th to very windy, rainy, and slightly rough seas to land on the northern cove (Applegate Cove) of Chuginadak Island. We had to set up camp in the windy and rainy conditions as the wind also picked up the sand and gave us a good P7174599
P7174602 ...and the cinder cones on the eastern part of the ismuth. P7174602
P7174631 While on the southeast flank of the volcano we got a nice glimpse at some of the clouds in the area. P7174631
P7174647 We also checked out the two lava domes on this side of the volcano. The higher lava dome was photographed looking to the north-northwest and... P7174647
P7174651 ...the southwest. P7174651
P7174652 The lower lava dome was older and vegetated. P7174652
P7184667 The camp on the return of one of the days of field work. P7184667
P7184670 On one of the field days we saw a cool little red fox that... P7184670
P7184674 ...eventually sat down to watch us eat lunch. He also followed us for a bit after we were done with lunch. The best part of the field days was seeing the summit of Mt. Cleveland. P7184674
P7194695 One day we got a great shot of the southeast flank of the volcano,... P7194695
P7194696 ...then I zoomed in on the summit. P7194696
P7214778 From camp we also got some great views of Mt. Carlisle Volcano and... P7214778
P7214780 ...the eastern half of Chuginadak Island made up by a dormant to extinct volcano. P7214780
P7214781 The ultimate view was the one of the eastern side of Mt. Cleveland. P7214781
P7214782 After zooming in on the summit one can see the part that has collapsed (the left side of the image), and a large fumarole with some yellowish sulfur deposits. P7214782
P7214832 While going to get water on the eastern side of the beach on Applegate Cove we got a great view of Mt. Cleveland. P7214832
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