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Title: Volcanic and seismic activity
Post by: Randi on 07 July 2011, 07:47:30

We send the data to the Alaska Volcano Observatory, to Ed Hawkins (a colleague of Philip's who is studying the effect of volcanism on weather), and to the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.
When you record volcanic activity, please the ship, the date, and latitude and longitude (or other position information).

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From Kevin: Known or suspected eruptions from the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) (https://www.avo.alaska.edu/searches/eruptsearchresults.php?fromsearch=1&yearstart=&yearend=&year=&volcano=-1)

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We also have a researcher interested in reports of earthquakes in the logs!

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Caro on 08 July 2011, 02:35:46

HMS Avoca, 14th May, 1917

11.15 Small knoll N of Cape Hammond Narborough Is in eruption

http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ADM53-34555/ADM%2053-34555-011_0.jpg

Narborough/Ferdinanda (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernandina_Island) is still very active.

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Kevin on 29 July 2013, 17:40:56

About volcanoes in Alaska: here is the list of known or suspected eruptions from the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO):

https://www.avo.alaska.edu/searches/eruptsearchresults.php?fromsearch=1&yearstart=&yearend=&year=&volcano=-1

I am in touch with the AVO archivist so we can let them know when something explodes (in addition to the weather-volcano folks -- I mean not that THEY will explode, but well...).

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Craig on 29 July 2013, 20:24:09

These days anything can explode  :D

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: asterix135 on 27 September 2013, 17:46:42

Patterson.  July 6, 1914

http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USCS%20Patterson/Book%2016/IMG_6579_1.jpg

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Mid to 6 pm.  At noon on course SW 1/2 W off N end Korovin Isd.  Soon after noon a dense white ~ and mist shut out the land. 

At 12:18 a distant rumbling, which some on deck took for thunder was heard.  It came from a direction between W ane WNW (mag) and lasted longer than thunder and sounded like a landslide with many distinct explosions and a minute later two separate explosions were heard, though ~tly. 

At 12:30 more rumbling was heard although at this time it sounded more like thunder and seemed ~e from a source higher above the horizon. 

At 12:30 the fog suddenly disappeared - it was flat calm ~ a dark blue black cloud was seen to the westward.  Notified the Commanding Officers that there was probably a volcanic explosion and by this time some solid particles in the atmosphere could be ~ by the eyes and soon it began to collect on the deck. 

A Lt. SW-SSW breeze now sprang up and ~ cloud spread to the northward.  Peals of thunder were heard - though not very loud - at intervals about 10 mins and at 1:30 some lightning was noticed. 

The cloud now spread to the southward and at ~ it was so dark that it was necessary to start the dynamo.  The decks were covered by 2 o clock with a fine ~k dust and it was very difficult to look into the wind as it bothered the eyes so much. 

At 2:30 it began ~ghten to the northward and soon became normal - mist to the northward with the black cloud passing over ~ and Popof Isds. 

At 2:05 dropped the dory - Dr. Edson left ship to answer call of SS Windber.  Dory returned ~ the captain of the Windber.  Ship lay to.  3:05 Dory returned with Dr. Edson - hoisted dory and at 3:15 squared ~ course ENE with the "Windber" following 

5:40 Overtook ~loud hanging over Popof and another lt shower of volcanic ash was experienced at 5:30.  Lt SW breezes.  overcast ~d S'ly swell on East side of Popof Isd

Likely this event: www.avo.alaska.edu/volcanoes/activity.php?volcname=Pavlof&eruptionid=200

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JJ: See also http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=384.msg75990;topicseen#msg75990

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: AvastMH on 27 September 2013, 18:41:51

Quote from: asterix135 on 27 September 2013, 17:46:42

Patterson.  July 6, 1914

http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USCS%20Patterson/Book%2016/IMG_6579_1.jpg

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Merid to 6 pm.  At noon on course SW 1/2 W off N end Korovin Isd.  Soon after noon a dense white fog and mist shut out the land. 

At 12:18 a distant rumbling, which some on deck took for thunder was heard.  It came from a direction between W ane WNW (mag) and lasted longer than thunder and sounded like a landslide with many distinct explosions and a minute later two separate explosions were heard, though faintly. 

At 12:30 more rumbling was heard although at this time it sounded more like thunder and seemed to be from a source higher above the horizon. 

At 12:30 the fog suddenly disappeared - it was flat calm and a dark blue black cloud was seen to the westward.  Notified the Commanding Officers that there was probably a volcanic explosion and by this time some solid particles in the atmosphere could be felt by the eyes and soon it began to collect on the deck. 

A Lt. SW-SSW breeze now sprang up and the cloud spread to the northward.  Peals of thunder were heard - though not very loud - at intervals about 10 mins and at 1:30 some lightning was noticed. 

The cloud now spread to the southward and at 1:30 it was so dark that it was necessary to start the dynamo.  The decks were covered by 2 o clock with a fine black dust and it was very difficult to look into the wind as it bothered the eyes so much. 

At 2:30 it began brighten to the northward and soon became normal - mist to the northward with the black cloud passing over Unga and Popof Isds. 

At 2:05 dropped the dory - Dr. Edson left ship to answer call of SS Windber.  Dory returned with the captain of the Windber.  Ship lay to.  3:05 Dory returned with Dr. Edson - hoisted dory and at 3:15 squared on course ENE with the "Windber" following 

5:40 Overtook the cloud hanging over Popof and another lt shower of volcanic ash was experienced at 5:30.  Lt SW breezes.  overcast mod S'ly swell on East side of Popof Isd

Likely this event: www.avo.alaska.edu/volcanoes/activity.php?volcname=Pavlof&eruptionid=200

Finished up the little bits (in red) using the previous page
J:-)

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Janet Jaguar on 27 September 2013, 19:02:50

Both of you - is that Mid.-6pm or Merid.-6pm?  I know it cut off leaving only the "id. to 6pm" but even so.... ::)

I noticed from their website that they are equivocal on the date of the initial eruption.  I couldn't find how to contact the Alaska Volcano Observatory from that site, but they do give us their Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/alaska.avo).  So I posted it there. :)

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Their reply:

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Alaska Volcano Observatory (https://www.facebook.com/alaska.avo?ref=stream) Thank you! This is great information to have. Thanks for sharing with us - we'll update our eruption information.

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Alaska Volcano Observatory (https://www.facebook.com/alaska.avo?ref=stream)  Please let us know if you find other eruption gems - making the information in these documents accessible is a very cool project!

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Randi on 28 September 2013, 02:43:44

Just had a look with Matteo's Image coupler - it is Merid to 6 P.M.

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That was a great idea to contact the Alaska Volcano Observatory and a really neat response from them!!!

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: asterix135 on 30 September 2013, 09:15:26

Thanks for the corrections / amplifications.  I've updated the transcription

I just saw the ~id and my brain turned that directly into Mid.

Also, Janet, it's funny that you had (almost) the same thought I did about the Alaska Volcano people.  Difference is that rather than using Facebook I filled out some form on their website and will probably never hear back from them.

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Janet Jaguar on 30 September 2013, 11:05:31

I was lazy - I looked rapidly over the page for that particular eruption, and having found only the social media links at the bottom, didn't search the site further.  Given the evening hour, I was surprised and pleased at the prompt response.  The first one was sent after just reading my post.  The second more effusive response, 10 minutes later after the they had time to read your post and link to the page.  They very truly like us.   8)

Kevin also gave me 2 emails to contact if we find another eruption, one from the state agency watching Alaska's part of the Ring of Fire and for someone at USGS.  So they also personally got the info on this one.  They are apparently the same who read your report, because it takes awhile for them to work thru their inbox.  Given everything, I'm planning on the email notice from now on (you can do AVO reports, or just PM me to tell them ;) ) and also the Facebook.  Maybe a reader of the page might give transcribing a shot.  :)

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Janet Jaguar on 30 September 2013, 14:37:58

My email was responded to from the AVO (state of Alaska.)  They like us also.  8)

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Hi Janet -

Thank you for passing along this information - we really do appreciate it.
If you keep my email, I'd appreciate hearing about other bits that might be found - I update AVO's eruption histories.

I'm off to go edit the record now.

Many thanks again,
Cheryl

Their account now lists the timing of the eruption, taken from our transcription.  Very nice indeed.   :)
http://www.avo.alaska.edu/volcanoes/activity.php?volcname=Pavlof&eruptionid=200

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Janet Jaguar on 30 September 2013, 18:07:21

As far as the AVO is concerned, no they do not do earthquakes.

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Hello Janet ?

Nope, earthquakes aren?t in my purview.

We do try to respond to every email within a day or two ? it?s important to us.

We'll have to wait to hear from the USGS.  The government (including them) may be shut down tomorrow due to congressional stupidity.  We'll know by midnight eastern time tonight.

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Maikel on 09 October 2013, 03:13:43

U.S.S. Yorktown - At anchor, Dutch Harbor, Unalalshka

08-06-1892 - 8 p.m. to midnight:
A heavy muffled sound suggesting volcanic disturbance heard three times during last hour.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Yorktown/vol007of040_cr2_to_jpg/vol007of040_166_1.jpg (http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Yorktown/vol007of040_cr2_to_jpg/vol007of040_166_1.jpg)

09-06-1892 - 8 p.m. to midnight:
About 10.40 felt light shock as of earthquake.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Yorktown/vol007of040_cr2_to_jpg/vol007of040_167_1.jpg (http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Yorktown/vol007of040_cr2_to_jpg/vol007of040_167_1.jpg)

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Janet Jaguar on 09 October 2013, 05:13:52

Quote from: Maikel on 09 October 2013, 03:13:43

U.S.S. Yorktown - At anchor, Dutch Harbor, Unalalshka

08-06-1892 - 8 p.m. to midnight:
A heavy muffled sound suggesting volcanic disturbance heard three times during last hour.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Yorktown/vol007of040_cr2_to_jpg/vol007of040_166_1.jpg (http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Yorktown/vol007of040_cr2_to_jpg/vol007of040_166_1.jpg)
...

A search of AVO for Eruption and Non-eruptive activity did not produce anything for June of that year.  I've sent word to the AVO scientists and Kevin and Philip.

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Janet Jaguar on 09 October 2013, 17:18:30

I received a reply from AVO on the above.

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From: Janet
Subject: more volcanic activity...

...only this time we don?t know which volcano.  USS Yorktown was in Dutch Harbor, Unalaska, on June 8, 1892 when they heard volcano activity between 11pm and Midnight.

"A heavy muffled sound suggesting volcanic disturbance heard three times during last hour."
Forum post:  http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=384.msg75259#msg75259

Location & weather: http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Yorktown/vol007of040_cr2_to_jpg/vol007of040_166_0.jpg
Date & Comments: http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Yorktown/vol007of040_cr2_to_jpg/vol007of040_166_1.jpg
It is predictably the last sentence on the page.

A search of AVO for Eruption and Non-eruptive activity did not produce anything for June of that year.

Hello Janet -

Thanks for the notice. I'm not aware of another document that might more definitively qualify this as an eruption, or pin down where it might have come from.

A ship in Dutch Harbor might reasonably hear eruption noises from Makushin, but I would also suspect that Makushin eruptions are more reliably recorded than other places (less chance to turn up a ?new? one), because of the population center at Unalaska/Dutch Harbor.

I'll keep this in my possible file, and see if we ever find something else to support it further.

Thank you,
Cheryl

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: asterix135 on 21 October 2013, 13:35:09

You can't keep a good volcano down:

Patterson, October 16, 1914 (http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USCS%20Patterson/Book%2017/IMG_6692_1.jpg)

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Pavlov volcano was seen in active eruption - dense volumes of smoke and flame reaching several thousand feet above the crater were seen. No noise could be heard and only a a very slight trace of ashes could be detected

(see here (http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=384.msg74641#msg74641) for original eruption discussion)

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Janet Jaguar on 21 October 2013, 14:33:14

I'll notify the AVO, they do not list this for Pavlof.  By the way, they now have quoted the full log entry for the July eruption for everyone to read.  :)
http://www.avo.alaska.edu/volcanoes/activity.php?volcname=Pavlof&page=basic&eruptionid=200

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: asterix135 on 22 October 2013, 13:23:28

From the Alaska Volcano folks:

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Thanks for the heads up! I?ll add it to the other Pavlof 1914 entry ? looks like a probable continuation of the same eruptive episode.

 Thank you,

Cheryl

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: asterix135 on 22 October 2013, 13:26:18

And in case anyone is curious, this is what our (still active) friendly neighborhood volcano looks like now

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Pavlof_Volcano_Alaska_Peninsula_NWR.jpg/280px-Pavlof_Volcano_Alaska_Peninsula_NWR.jpg)

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Janet Jaguar on 22 October 2013, 15:04:51

very impressive and beautiful.  :)

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I have an answer from the AVO:

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Hello Janet -

Thank you for the information - looks like the July eruptive episode continued - which is pretty consistent with other Pavlof eruptions. I'll add it to our record - thank you again.
-cheryl

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: asterix135 on 25 November 2013, 17:09:43

Pavlov volcano is "belching" again:

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Pavlov Vol belched several columns of black smoke and some steam.  One distinct explosion was heard (10-12)

Patterson log, 26 August 1915 (http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USCS%20Patterson/Book%2020/IMG_7051_1.jpg)

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Janet Jaguar on 25 November 2013, 20:30:52

I'm passing this on to AVO and the Met Office scientists.  :)

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Janet Jaguar on 27 November 2013, 21:15:06

Reply from AVO:

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Hello Janet -

Thank you for the additional information!

I see I need to do two things:
a)   Add 1915 to Pavlof's record
b)   Change the "end date" of the 1914 record to go at least through October, 1914.

It wouldn't surprise me if more accounts were found between Oct 1914 and August 1915 that cause these events to be merged into one long, intermittent eruption. (I lump events that occur within three months of each other ? as does the Global Volcanism Program).

Thank you very much!
-Cheryl

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Added Nov. 29th

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It should be up on the site within an hour to a day! (caching stuff)
I just realized that this account not only gives the day of eruption, but records the hour the notations were made, also. Pretty darn good data for something that happened 100 years ago. Thanks!

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Janet Jaguar on 10 March 2014, 12:36:15

I've been having fun every Monday, voting in NASA's Earth Observatory Tournament: Earth (http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/TournamentEarth/).  The are deciding by public vote which of the pictures it has in various categories which are the year's best. 

Among the photos taken by astronauts in the ISS, they caught these of volcano Pavloff erupting (http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=81205&eocn=te&eoci=index).  Click to enlarge. :)

(http://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/81000/81205/ISS036-E-002105_lrg.jpg)

(http://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/81000/81205/ISS036-E-002464_lrg.jpg)

(http://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/81000/81205/ISS036-E-002780_lrg.jpg)

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Maikel on 23 March 2014, 05:49:22

U.S.S. Yorktown - At sea making passage from La Union to Acapulco, Mexico.
Position 8 a.m.: 13 22 00N, 90 55 30W

21-02-1894 - 4 to 8 a.m.

At daybreak land in sight along starboard hand, an active volcano bearing N55?E and volcano "Fuego" N16?W.
At end of watch Volcano "Agua" bore N3?E (mag.).

http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Yorktown/vol011of040_cr2_to_jpg/vol011of040_059_1.jpg (http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Yorktown/vol011of040_cr2_to_jpg/vol011of040_059_1.jpg)

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Craig on 20 April 2014, 08:20:55

USRC Bear  April 29, 1898  at sea near Dutch Harbor, Alaska

3:00 Shishaldin Volcano in eruption, smoke and flames.

http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USRC%20Bear/vol079/vol079_164_1.jpg

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Janet Jaguar on 20 April 2014, 09:41:27

Nice find.  Their previous information on 1898 timing is vague in the extreme.
http://www.avo.alaska.edu/volcanoes/activity.php?volcname=Shishaldin&page=basic&eruptionid=356
I've emailed them with the info.

1999 eruption:  this is a restless volcano!
Webcam: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/webcam/Shishaldin.php
(http://www.avo.alaska.edu/images/dbimages/display/1205537263_30.jpg)

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Randi on 20 April 2014, 09:45:36

 8)

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Craig on 20 April 2014, 10:10:05

It's nice to know that this information will be appreciated  8)

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Janet Jaguar on 20 April 2014, 12:40:43

Craig, they have always updated their website when we can give location and date - both the AVO (Alaska Volcano Observatory) and USGS gave me the scientists' email that do the updating.  They love us.  Any and all mentions, even repeats from the same volcano will be reported.  :)

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Janet Jaguar on 21 April 2014, 13:30:05

Reply for AVO in this morning's email:

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Thanks!
Very timely, as Shishaldin is currently in low-level eruption.

I?ve updated our 1898 record ? as always, we really appreciate the first-hand accounts provided by ship logbooks. And we would not have them without the volunteers at Old Weather. Thank you all very much!

-Cheryl

The update doesn't show on the site yet, but past experience says it will.

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Craig on 21 April 2014, 14:14:17

If I see another one I'll leave it for Jil.   Too much praise is not healthy.  ;D

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Janet Jaguar on 21 April 2014, 14:24:32

It's unavoidable praise - all our volunteers are being praised as a group.   ;D

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Craig on 21 April 2014, 14:27:32

Ah, just like restaurant tips being pooled. Great idea  ;D

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Randi on 21 April 2014, 14:31:38

Quote from: Craig on 21 April 2014, 14:14:17

If I see another one I'll leave it for Jil.   Too much praise is not healthy.  ;D

Since Bear is open to newbies, you can't be sure jil will get it!
Someone who doesn't visit the forum or who doesn't bother with details might get it and not record it :'(

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: jil on 21 April 2014, 15:21:51

Or jil might forget - take the praise on the chin, Craig!

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Craig on 21 April 2014, 15:52:19

I will erupt with pride that flows like lava - such is my fate.   :D

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Randi on 21 April 2014, 16:50:18

 ;D

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Janet Jaguar on 22 April 2014, 18:34:35

We set off an interesting email conversation between Cheryl (AVO), Christina (USGS) and Ed (UK Met Office studying volcano affecting weather) and our Kevin.  In reverse order, as is normal in emails with multiple replies.

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Cool!

Interesting that someone put it in Wikimedia commons ? I?ve known about this version for awhile: http://vilda.alaska.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/cdmg11/id/461/rec/6 but haven?t been able to obtain authoritative permission to put it in AVO?s image database. UA wanted $ to let it go. And then I think ?1906 is before 1923 copyright laws. I should use it anyway? and then I think ?AVO doesn?t have money in case someone wanted to fight about it??

Thanks,
cheryl

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Hi everyone -
This postcard from 1906 was posted by (Randi I think?) and I've been meaning to send it on to AVO.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Perry_Island_postcard.jpg
- Kevin

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Perry_Island_postcard.jpg)

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What a wonderful collaboration! A happy outcome of social media portals!

Christina

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We did know of an eruption ?in the summer? of 1898 at Shishaldin ? traders reported it to the author of an article in National Geographic. If this eruption was a typical Shishaldin eruption, we can guess that eruptive activity continued intermittently for a few months. It?s nice to have a confirmed ?April 29th? date and independent observation of actual eruption!
 
I find that many historical eruption accounts are embellished or unclear, so I really appreciate having written documentation from two different sources of the same eruption. This one confirms both ?actual eruption? and the timeframe, so that is quite nice.
 
Thank you everyone!
-cheryl
 
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Hi Janet,
Nice. Looks like this eruption is not on the AVO list of recorded eruptions for Shishaldin? Or at least, there is now a better date?
Thanks,
Ed.

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wow!  Cool, thanks Janet.  I'm sure Cheryl will pull this for our archives.  Such wonderful tidbits of history.

Christina

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On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 5:54 AM, Janet Bein wrote:
Hello,
We have a date for an 1898 eruption.  http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=384.msg87069;topicseen#msg87069
 
USRC Bear  April 29, 1898  at sea near Dutch Harbor, Alaska
3:00am Shishaldin Volcano in eruption, smoke and flames.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USRC%20Bear/vol079/vol079_164_1.jpg
 
Weather, courses and bearings, 8pm April 28th:
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USRC%20Bear/vol079/vol079_163_0.jpg   54o 12? N, 166 o 16? W
Weather, courses and bearings, 8am April 29th:
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USRC%20Bear/vol079/vol079_164_0.jpg  54 o 18? N, 165 o 02? W
Sailing is not in a straight line, course noted in above links.
 
Take care,
Janet

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Randi on 23 April 2014, 02:08:23

 8) 8)

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: camiller on 23 April 2014, 08:57:23

What Randi said.

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Craig on 03 May 2014, 10:41:20

Bear July 20, 1903

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Observed Gas flames from Shishalden

http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USRC%20Bear/vol088/vol088_066_1.jpg

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Janet Jaguar on 03 May 2014, 14:51:07

Well, the AVO updated the 1898 eruption: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/volcanoes/activity.php?volcname=Shishaldin&eruptionid=356

But there is no reported eruption in 1903.  I reported this, and they are going to have to create a new page.  :)

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Randi on 03 May 2014, 14:52:38

 8) 8)

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: camiller on 04 May 2014, 18:03:43

 8)

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Janet Jaguar on 05 May 2014, 17:30:09

We've been heard, email and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/alaska.avo?fref=nf).  :)

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From: Janet
Subject: Shishalden Volcano ...
 
? was observed to have a previously unlisted eruption on July 30th 1903, reported by USRC Bear.
 
Weather and ship?s course at http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USRC%20Bear/vol088/vol088_066_0.jpg
Daily comments at http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USRC%20Bear/vol088/vol088_066_1.jpg
Meridian to 4pm watch: ?? Sighted Mt. Shishalden bearing SxE ? E ??
8pm to Midnight watch: ??Observed Gas flames from Shishalden ??
 
OldWeather forum conversation starts: http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=384.msg87689#msg87689

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RE: Shishalden Volcano ...
Thank you!
I?ve updated the website ? the change should roll through in about 24 hours.
 
Thank you again!
(I wonder what other eruption notices the Bear has! Seems like there should be more ? Shishaldin is such an active cone).
 
-cheryl

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From: Janet
Cheryl, the main trouble with that is the Bear never stayed anchored in sight of any one cone ? the silver lining to that cloud is that a number of different volcanoes get observed.  We'll continue to send what we find.

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: jil on 07 August 2014, 04:34:42

From Bear part of Katmai Volcano eruption
June 13th 1912 - http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USRC%20Bear/vol105/vol105_172_1.jpg

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Found volcano smoking to N'd of King's Cove, Dear Id. Passage - Probably part of chain adjacent to Pavlof Volcano

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Janet Jaguar on 07 August 2014, 06:01:14

There was a major eruption on June 6th and 9th 1912 at Novarupta and Katmai:
http://www.avo.alaska.edu/volcanoes/activity.php?volcname=Katmai&eruptionid=494

I'll email AVO with this later observation.

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: exim202 on 21 November 2014, 17:53:05

Perry log 26/06/1906
9:30 sighted Shishaldin Volcano bearing N.W.xW 3/4W.(34.3) distance about 85 miles.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Commodore%20perry//Volumes/Seagate%20Backup%20Plus%20Drive/Arfon-JPEGS/RG26/COMMODORE%20PERRY//vol182/vol182_187_1.jpg
No idea if it was erupting but thought I'd post it anyway. Sighted from 85 miles at 9.30 pm suggests it might be?

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Janet Jaguar on 21 November 2014, 18:26:11

I asked google to give me sunset at Unalaska (they only showed major cities) - on June 26th, sunset doesn't happen until 11:42pm.  High arctic indeed, only 7 hours of night and they are way east in their time zone.  They were operating in broad daylight at that hour.  Why I like these logs, they stretch my expectations.
http://www.sunrisesunset.com/calendar.asp

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: elizabeth on 22 November 2014, 04:33:39

Quote from: exim202 on 21 November 2014, 17:53:05

Perry log 26/06/1906
9:30 sighted Shishaldin Volcano bearing N.W.xW 3/4W.(34.3) distance about 85 miles.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Commodore%20perry//Volumes/Seagate%20Backup%20Plus%20Drive/Arfon-JPEGS/RG26/COMMODORE%20PERRY//vol182/vol182_187_1.jpg
No idea if it was erupting but thought I'd post it anyway. Sighted from 85 miles at 9.30 pm suggests it might be?

8) 8) No wonder I did not get that page you got it first AWESOME!  Maybe you should post it the Perry discussions thread also.   

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Randi on 23 November 2014, 04:03:16

Quote from: elizabeth on 23 November 2014, 03:29:55

http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Commodore%20perry//Volumes/Seagate%20Backup%20Plus%20Drive/Arfon-JPEGS/RG26/COMMODORE%20PERRY//vol182/vol182_197_0.jpg

http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Commodore%20perry//Volumes/Seagate%20Backup%20Plus%20Drive/Arfon-JPEGS/RG26/COMMODORE%20PERRY//vol182/vol182_197_1.jpg

July 5 1906
Noon position: Bogoslof Vol. WSW1/4W distance 7 miles

11:00[am] Sighted smoke from new volcano on Bogoslov and stood for same.

At 12:45 sent out cutter with officers  to explore the island and Photograph the same.

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Danny252 on 23 November 2014, 07:04:26

This new volcano was named Perry Peak or Perry Island (I think there was some confusion as to whether it was attached to Fire Island/New Bogoslov), and had disappeared by 1908. Two newspaper articles cover their discovery, in the Los Angeles Herald (http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH19060825.2.38#) and the San Francisco Call (http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19060825.2.68).

The following photograph is supposedly one of those taken on the day, including several members of the crew:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Perry_Island_postcard.jpg)

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Randi on 23 November 2014, 07:17:09

http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=3698.msg97281#msg97281 ;)

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Danny252 on 23 November 2014, 07:18:30

Ah well, at least the newspaper articles are a new find :)

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Randi on 23 November 2014, 07:24:31

Well, one of them is ;)
http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=3698.msg97286#msg97286

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Danny252 on 23 November 2014, 07:31:53

Go away :P

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: AvastMH on 23 November 2014, 08:33:55

Oh darn - this is ringing such a bell...where did I see it in a log? Aaagghh! When I recall where I left my  memory all will be well.

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Janet Jaguar on 23 November 2014, 13:16:53

Wonderful!!!   ;D 8)  This is the log page I've been waiting for since last April!!  We now have the first and only record being sent to the AVO that puts an exact date and lat/long on that postcard and temporary volcanoe!!

http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=384.msg87165#msg87165

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Janet Jaguar on 23 November 2014, 13:28:21

Elizabeth found it!!!   ;D 8)
Thursday, July 5 1906   12.45pm

"Meridian to 4pm watch:
...12.30 ahead for Bogoslov Island and 12.45 stopped sent cutter with officers to explore the Island and photograph same.  3.20 boat returned. ..."

Position at noon:  Bogoslov Vol. WSW1/4W distance 7 miles
Position at 8pm:  Latitude by D.R.  53 50 0 N
                             Longitude by D.R.  169 10 0 W

(http://www.sherv.net/cm/emoticons/new-year/fireworks-smiley-emoticon.gif)

Quote from: elizabeth on 22 November 2014, 05:14:56

:o :o I think I have it.


http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Commodore%20perry//Volumes/Seagate%20Backup%20Plus%20Drive/Arfon-JPEGS/RG26/COMMODORE%20PERRY//vol182/vol182_197_1.jpg

July 5 1906   


http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Commodore%20perry//Volumes/Seagate%20Backup%20Plus%20Drive/Arfon-JPEGS/RG26/COMMODORE%20PERRY//vol182/vol182_197_0.jpg

I am assuming DR on the Latitude and Longitude  means dead reckoning  ???

Quote from: Janet Jaguar on 22 April 2014, 18:34:35

We set off an interesting email conversation between Cheryl (AVO), Christina (USGS) and Ed (UK Met Office studying volcano affecting weather) and our Kevin.  In reverse order, as is normal in emails with multiple replies.

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Cool!

Interesting that someone put it in Wikimedia commons ? I?ve known about this version for awhile: http://vilda.alaska.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/cdmg11/id/461/rec/6 but haven?t been able to obtain authoritative permission to put it in AVO?s image database. UA wanted $ to let it go. And then I think ?1906 is before 1923 copyright laws. I should use it anyway? and then I think ?AVO doesn?t have money in case someone wanted to fight about it??

Thanks,
cheryl

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Hi everyone -
This postcard from 1906 was posted by (Randi I think?) and I've been meaning to send it on to AVO.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Perry_Island_postcard.jpg
- Kevin

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Perry_Island_postcard.jpg)

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What a wonderful collaboration! A happy outcome of social media portals!

Christina

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We did know of an eruption ?in the summer? of 1898 at Shishaldin ? traders reported it to the author of an article in National Geographic. If this eruption was a typical Shishaldin eruption, we can guess that eruptive activity continued intermittently for a few months. It?s nice to have a confirmed ?April 29th? date and independent observation of actual eruption!
 
I find that many historical eruption accounts are embellished or unclear, so I really appreciate having written documentation from two different sources of the same eruption. This one confirms both ?actual eruption? and the timeframe, so that is quite nice.
 
Thank you everyone!
-cheryl
 
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Hi Janet,
Nice. Looks like this eruption is not on the AVO list of recorded eruptions for Shishaldin? Or at least, there is now a better date?
Thanks,
Ed.

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wow!  Cool, thanks Janet.  I'm sure Cheryl will pull this for our archives.  Such wonderful tidbits of history.

Christina

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On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 5:54 AM, Janet Bein <janet2357@earthlink.net> wrote:
Hello,
We have a date for an 1898 eruption.  http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=384.msg87069;topicseen#msg87069
 
USRC Bear  April 29, 1898  at sea near Dutch Harbor, Alaska
3:00am Shishaldin Volcano in eruption, smoke and flames.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USRC%20Bear/vol079/vol079_164_1.jpg
 
Weather, courses and bearings, 8pm April 28th:
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USRC%20Bear/vol079/vol079_163_0.jpg   54o 12? N, 166 o 16? W
Weather, courses and bearings, 8am April 29th:
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USRC%20Bear/vol079/vol079_164_0.jpg  54 o 18? N, 165 o 02? W
Sailing is not in a straight line, course noted in above links.
 
Take care,
Janet

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: elizabeth on 23 November 2014, 18:17:10

July 29 1906   New Island was noticed to have nearly ceased smoking, small amount of smoke visible coming from  sides, about halfway from base.A small spot of fire visible on near side.

http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Commodore%20perry//Volumes/Seagate%20Backup%20Plus%20Drive/Arfon-JPEGS/RG26/COMMODORE%20PERRY//vol183/vol183_026_1.jpg

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Janet Jaguar on 23 November 2014, 19:40:44

Cool, Elizabeth, I've added to the AVO report.  :)

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Hanibal94 on 09 December 2014, 04:25:29

I think this has to do with the Pavlof volcano, which was already mentioned several times in the Patterson's logs:

October 12th, 1915, first paragraph

http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USCS%20Patterson/Book%2019/IMG_6899_1.jpg

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Lt volcanic dust in the air

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: elizabeth on 09 December 2014, 04:41:31

Quote from: Hanibal94 on 09 December 2014, 04:25:29

I think this has to do with the Pavlof volcano, which was already mentioned several times in the Patterson's logs:

October 12th, 1915, first paragraph

http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USCS%20Patterson/Book%2019/IMG_6899_1.jpg

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Lt volcanic dust in the air

 8) I just love this kind of stuff.

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Janet Jaguar on 09 December 2014, 08:40:36

The only 1915 activity found for Pavlof is Patterson's observations of an August "tephra plume" (http://www.avo.alaska.edu/volcanoes/activity.php?volcname=Pavlof&eruptionid=751).  I'll send them word of this also, but this is very vague with no mention of which volcano the dust came from.  I doubt they will post it but we will see.

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Received email from the AVO:

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Hello Janet ?

My guess is that this is redistributed Katmai 1912 ash, but that doesn?t jive with the SW winds. I?ll file this away in case it fits with something later.
Thanks!
-cheryl

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: exim202 on 20 December 2014, 15:20:39

http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Commodore%20perry//Volumes/Seagate%20Backup%20Plus%20Drive/Arfon-JPEGS/RG26/COMMODORE%20PERRY//vol184/vol184_175_1.jpg
8 am - Merid.
Mt Akutan Volcano emitting considerable smoke.
6pm - 8pm
[tried to observe Fire Island for changes in formation, but conditions unfavourable] Some unfamiliar ?? rocks between Castle and Perry Islands

2 q's: Can anyone read the word before 'rocks'? Looks like Spinach to me but that can't be right.  ::)
And is this latter observation worth putting in the volcanic activity thread? Ok, I just have, but for future reference...  ;D

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Randi on 20 December 2014, 15:28:19

pinnacle rocks ?

As long as you are willing to include the extra information, I think it it is worth doing so ;D

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Janet Jaguar on 20 December 2014, 15:38:53

6.10pm: Fire Island WxS 2.5 miles.  Too foggy and sea too rough to permit of any close observations being made, consequently in evidence of any, decided change in formation was noted.  Some unfamiliar pinnacle rocks between Castle and Perry Islands.

That's what I read.  I'm seeing 2 different sites reporting volcanic activity - active smoke and a past raising of sharp rocks above the sea in a previous channel.  I'd send it in for sure.  :)

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Randi on 20 December 2014, 15:56:35

I read this as: "consequently no evidence of any decided change in formation was noted.", but it isn't clear :-\

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Janet Jaguar on 20 December 2014, 16:09:08

Your reading makes more sense, Randi.  Fire Island is observed as stable, the channel between Castle and Perry islands has acquired some pinnacle rocks.  NOT a good place to sail thru in rough seas if you know it has acquired sharp-edged uncharted navigational hazards.  Keeping some distance makes sense.  :)

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Danny252 on 20 December 2014, 18:13:40

Quote from: Randi on 20 December 2014, 15:28:19

pinnacle rocks ?

As long as you are willing to include the extra information, I think it it is worth doing so ;D

I agree on that, assuming the dot on the i is quite offset (which it is in "formation" on the line above).

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: exim202 on 21 December 2014, 16:22:50

Quote from: Randi on 20 December 2014, 15:28:19

pinnacle rocks ?

As long as you are willing to include the extra information, I think it it is worth doing so ;D

Thanks, all now transcribed!

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Janet Jaguar on 30 December 2014, 14:56:18

Quote from: exim202 on 20 December 2014, 15:20:39

http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Commodore%20perry//Volumes/Seagate%20Backup%20Plus%20Drive/Arfon-JPEGS/RG26/COMMODORE%20PERRY//vol184/vol184_175_1.jpg
8 am - Merid.
Mt Akutan Volcano emitting considerable smoke.
6pm - 8pm
[tried to observe Fire Island for changes in formation, but conditions unfavourable] Some unfamiliar ?? rocks between Castle and Perry Islands

2 q's: Can anyone read the word before 'rocks'? Looks like Spinach to me but that can't be right.  ::)
And is this latter observation worth putting in the volcanic activity thread? Ok, I just have, but for future reference...  ;D

Quote from: Randi on 20 December 2014, 15:28:19

pinnacle rocks ?

As long as you are willing to include the extra information, I think it it is worth doing so ;D

Got a reply from AVO:

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Hello Janet and Old Weather -

Thanks for passing along the volcano notes. The Akutan description seems like further confirmation of a significant eruption at Akutan between March 1907 and July 1907. Ordinarily "considerable smoke" is difficult to determine fumarolic activity vs an eruption, but given other eruption reports in March, June 28, and July 3, it seems to fit in a description of a prolonged, intermittent eruption. I'll add it in. Thanks!
https://www.avo.alaska.edu/volcanoes/activity.php?volcname=Akutan&eruptionid=240&page=basic

The Bogoslof observations are made very close in time to Jaggar's, and I think the "unfamiliar pinnacles" are McCulloch Peak, which formed in early 1907, and was destroyed on Sept 1, 1907. I'll add the Perry's logbook note to our 1907 entry.
https://www.avo.alaska.edu/volcanoes/activity.php?volcname=Bogoslof&eruptionid=116&page=basic

As ever, many thanks to you and the Old Weather volunteers!
-cheryl

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: exim202 on 09 February 2015, 09:47:22

Wow, I've never seen sundogs - looks awesome!
And a volcanic activity entry from Perry.

Sept 22nd, 1908; 4 pm watch
Noted Akutan Volcano smoking.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Commodore%20perry//Volumes/Seagate%20Backup%20Plus%20Drive/Arfon-JPEGS/RG26/COMMODORE%20PERRY//vol187/vol187_088_1.jpg

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Janet Jaguar on 09 February 2015, 11:26:20

Nice find, Exim, this is not included in the AVO's Akutan 'Reported Activity' tab.
http://www.avo.alaska.edu/volcanoes/volcact.php?volcname=Akutan
I'm sending your find in to them, if smoke is unusual from that active peak (and I'm not sure that it isn't just normal) they will put it online.  :)

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Janet Jaguar on 17 March 2015, 17:42:44

Quote from: exim202 on 09 February 2015, 09:47:22

And a volcanic activity entry from Perry.

Sept 22nd, 1908; 4 pm watch
Noted Akutan Volcano smoking.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Commodore%20perry//Volumes/Seagate%20Backup%20Plus%20Drive/Arfon-JPEGS/RG26/COMMODORE%20PERRY//vol187/vol187_088_1.jpg

We got a response from AVO on this - this is a normal event but still helpful. 

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Hello Janet -

I am so sorry to be so late in replying to this message!
"Smoke" (fumarolic activity) is normal for Akutan, but I still like to make note of when it happened historically, as normal fumarolic activity and actual eruption can be difficult to sort out in the written record. If I keep track of it, maybe later someone else will have more pieces of the puzzle.

Thank you so very much.
Many apologies for the delayed response - all my fault.
-cheryl

(I told her no problems with the wait.  After all, the news has been waiting over a century.  :) )

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Pommy Stuart on 26 July 2015, 03:50:19

Concord 30 Oct 1903
At 8:15 observed violent discharge of smoke and steam from the Volcano Colina.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Concord/vol032of040/vol032of040_161_1.jpg (http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Concord/vol032of040/vol032of040_161_1.jpg)

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Janet Jaguar on 21 August 2015, 03:21:25

Quote from: Hurlock on 21 August 2015, 02:32:43

14th August 1895
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol026of055/vol026of055_051_1.jpg

Mt Akutan in eruption

Quote from: Janet Jaguar on 21 August 2015, 03:06:41

Great find!  AVO does not have any observed eruptions noted for Akutan in 1895 (http://www.avo.alaska.edu/volcanoes/eruptsearchresults.php?fromsearch=1&yearstart=&yearend=&year=&volcano=60).  I will email them this news. :)

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Randi on 19 January 2016, 13:50:33

Quote from: lollia paolina on 19 January 2016, 04:11:10

A very nice find from USS Thetis logs: a new island sprang.

July, 10th, 1906.
Thetis is in Alaska, coordinates at Noon: 55 04 00N, 168 02 00W.

4am to 8am:

"Calm & SE airs. Misty around horizon. Reconnoitred Bogoslof Island from a distance of about 3 miles and observed that a new island had sprung up between the two old ones, about 1/3 of the distance from the first one (which came up in 1801) to the second (1881) and connected to the first one by a ridge of land; a long spit runs out form the Southern end of the new island, just as one runs from each of the others. A crater pouring, firth vapor, is opened on the North side about 3/4 of the way up, and all around the island, vapor is spurting up through fissures, and the vapor is so thick over the surface of the island that it looks like bank of snow. There is no indication of boiling water, reported by Dirks, around the island. Sounded in 175 fms of water, within in three miles of the island, showing no general upheaval, but the water appears to be shoaler between the islands than it formerly were"

A sketch of the three islands view looking from SSE, dist 3 miles, follows :)

http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Thetis/vol610/vol610_040_1.jpg

Quote from: Janet Jaguar on 19 January 2016, 13:22:02

...
I'm also sending this added info to AVO as add-on info - their geological descriptions are more detailed than Perry's.

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: AvastMH on 19 January 2016, 14:46:18

Wow! I'm very impressed by your new island lollia! :D

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Hurlock on 22 February 2016, 15:48:23

Albatross August 22nd 1896
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol028of055/vol028of055_057_1.jpg

Saw a slight jet of vapor or smoke coming out of Sorychef Mountain Matua Island.


Sarychev Peak is a volcano on Matua Island in the Kurils

August 23rd 1896
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol028of055/vol028of055_058_1.jpg

Volcano on Matua Island smoking.

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: AvastMH on 23 February 2016, 15:11:56

Couldn't track the 1896 eruption frustratingly...but this is what it looked like in 2009 from the ISS (http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1397.html):

(http://i.imgur.com/ssblrAq.png)

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Hurlock on 24 February 2016, 13:40:56

24th August 1896 Albatross Near Ushishir Island

Definitely some strange mixing processes happening near the Kuril Islands.  Sea temperatures fluctuating greatly.  A drop of 15f from 5am to 6am (also noted in the log) on this day preceded by a 8f rise from midnight the day before.  Soundings have found the bottom temperature as 36f.
Lots of log mentions of rip tides and strong currents as they cruise along.

http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol028of055/vol028of055_059_0.jpg

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: HatterJack on 24 February 2016, 22:24:55

Probably because of what you can read here (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ushishir) if you're inclined to delve that much into it. To save some reading, Ushishir is actually two islets that are the tops of the caldera of a partially submerged volcano. If the volcano had been venting under water, that would account for the wild temperature swings.

(http://cruise-adviser.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Yankicha-Island-Kuril.jpg)

There's a gap in that apparent jetty in the background wide enough for a ship to get into the waters of the caldera. I think I may need to get my papers in order for a trip up north. The more I read about the Kuril chain, the more I want to go up there and experience it myself.

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Hurlock on 25 February 2016, 00:53:10

Could well be some volcanic heating going on. 

26th August 1896 Albatross
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol028of055/vol028of055_061_1.jpg
From 8am to meridian
The volcano on Ketoy Island smoking.
From meridian to 4pm
Between the hours of 2.00 and 3.00 the temp of the surface water rose from 41f to 52f.

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: AvastMH on 25 February 2016, 11:05:40

does venting gas get absorbed into the seawater? This would surely make the water fairly horrible, chemically speaking, I should think.  :-\

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: AvastMH on 25 February 2016, 11:27:21

Couldn't resist trying to find an answer to my question - and found this scientific report from Natureasia magazine (http://www.natureasia.com/en/research/highlight/1770):

Marine science: Submarine volcano leaves ecosystems in hot water

Scientific Reports
July 6, 2012

Scientific Reports
The 2011 underwater volcanic eruption near El Hierro in the Canary Islands significantly altered the activity and composition of plankton communities in the surrounding waters, research in Scientific Reports suggests. The study could add to our knowledge of how submarine eruptions can change the chemical properties of seawater and how this might impact the surrounding communities of organisms.

Active submarine volcanoes are a major source of mantle-derived gases, solutes and heat to the ocean and their emission react with sea water, leading to physical-chemical anomalies that may impact the marine ecosystem. But the impacts of short-term submarine volcanic activity on the surrounding biota, especially plankton communities, are poorly understood.

Eugenio Fraile-Nuez and colleagues evaluated the extreme physical-chemical perturbations caused by the underwater eruption in October 2011 at El Hierro, one of the richest and most sensitive marine ecosystems in the subtropical northeast Atlantic Ocean. They found that the event led to warming, water acidification and deoxygenation. These processes, which are also the main stressors of global climate change, resulted in significant changes to local marine communities. No fish schools were detected within the affected area and many dead fish were observed floating at the surface; the activity and structure of plankton communities were also affected. The results could improve our understanding of how future climate change may affect marine organisms.

DOI:10.1038/srep00486 | Original article

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Craig on 27 February 2016, 14:27:46

Quote from: AvastMH on 25 February 2016, 11:27:21

... These processes, which are also the main stressors of global climate change ....

This statement is certainly true over the earth's history but a bit of nuance would be nice given the current situation. Of course, the current warming is just a blip for geologists so they can be excused.  ;D

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: AvastMH on 27 February 2016, 16:28:56

 ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Maikel on 26 August 2016, 03:34:22

U.S.S. Yorktown - At anchor San Fernando, Luzon, Philippines.

13-03-1902 - Meridian to 4 P.M.:
Passed through extensive layers of minute yellow particles covering the surface of the sea.

http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Yorktown/vol025of040/vol025of040_159_1.jpg (http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Yorktown/vol025of040/vol025of040_159_1.jpg)

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: jil on 26 August 2016, 05:31:59

Weird  8)

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Randi on 26 August 2016, 06:51:26

Volcanic?

Quote from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_volcanoes_in_the_Philippines

Cagua    18.222?N 122.123?E    1,133 metres (3,717 ft)    Cagayan    1    Eruption in 1860 and strong solfataric activity in 1907. Thermal areas are located near the summit and NW to NNE flanks.

Hibok-Hibok    9.203?N 124.673?E    1,552 metres (5,092 ft)    Camiguin    5    Eruption in years 1827, 1862, 1871 and 1948?1952. Activity from 1897-1902 was only solfataric. Permanently monitored.

Pinatubo    15.13?N 120.35?E    1,486 metres (4,875 ft)    Zambales, Tarlac, Pampanga    3    Reawakened in 1991 producing the 2nd largest eruption in the 20th century. Followed by milder eruptions in 1992 and 1993.

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Bob on 26 August 2016, 07:46:25

Pollen, maybe? Our neighborhood sometimes looks like somebody went through with cans of yellow spray paint in the spring after a rain.

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Randi on 26 August 2016, 07:50:15

That is the other thing I was thinking of ;D
We have that here too!

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Hurlock on 07 September 2016, 01:51:52

27th July 1897 Albatross
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol030of055/vol030of055_032_1.jpg
From 4pm to 6pm
Shishaldin Volcano emitting a small amount of smoke or vapor.

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: AvastMH on 07 September 2016, 05:16:35

Definitely nice way to find an active volcano  :)

https://www.avo.alaska.edu/volcanoes/volcinfo.php?volcname=shishaldin
From Miller and others (1998):[/url] "Shishaldin Volcano, located near the center of Unimak Island, is a spectacular symmetrical cone about 16 km in diameter at the base. The mountain, which rises to a summit 2857 m above sea level, is the highest peak in the Aleutian Islands and has a small summit crater from which a steady cloud of steam is emitted. The upper 2000 m is almost entirely covered by perennial snow and ice. It is flanked to the northwest by 24 monogenetic parasitic cones (Fournelle, 1988). The Shishaldin cone is less than 10,000 year old and is constructed on a glacially eroded remnant of an ancestral soma and shield (Fournelle, 1988), which in turn are underlain by volcaniclastic rocks of probable late Tertiary age (McLean and others, 1978). Fournelle (1988) suggests that the basement may consist, at least in part, of plutonic rocks."

(http://i.imgur.com/Zipx5RN.png)

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: leelaht on 12 November 2016, 17:32:58

Sept 1, 1907, Thetis in Unalaska

Between 5-00 and 5-30, heard two distinct explosions supposed to be from Makushin volcano.  At 5-50, a thick shower of cinders and ashes from Mt Makushin swept over the harbor and continued until 6-30, when light rain set in.  Vessel covered with thin coat of cinders and ahses.  Washed down decks and paint work.  At 8-00, light shower of ashes from volcano again swept over harbor continued generally until midnight.

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: AvastMH on 12 November 2016, 18:04:07

Nice find leelaht. That's not recorded in the Alaska Volcano Observatory.

There's one recorded as observed in July that year.

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: AvastMH on 12 November 2016, 18:20:05

Hi leelaht -  any chance of a page address for the 1st September 1907? Thanks!  :)

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Hanibal94 on 13 November 2016, 03:54:14

Here it is - I dug it up with URL editing:
https://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Thetis/vol612/vol612_069_1.jpg

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: AvastMH on 13 November 2016, 06:26:59

Super - thanks Hanibal!

Leelaht - I'm going to post this find on the AVO Facebook page (can't find any other way of doing it) to see if they can use it for their register since it does not appear on their listing at the moment. I'll report back.

 :)

Sent 13.11.2016: to http://avo.alaska.edu/contact.php

Sept 1, 1907, USS Thetis in Unalaska

'Between 5-00 and 5-30, heard two distinct explosions supposed to be from Makushin volcano.  At 5-50, a thick shower of cinders and ashes from Mt Makushin swept over the harbor and continued until 6-30, when light rain set in.  Vessel covered with thin coat of cinders and ashes.  Washed down decks and paint work.  At 8-00, light shower of ashes from volcano again swept over harbor continued generally until midnight.'

The logbook page is viewable here:

https://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Thetis/vol612/vol612_069_1.jpg

and the report is in the 4pm to Mid(night) section. I'm not sure if the comment 'supposed to be from Makushin volcano' is sufficient although it is followed by 'At 5-50, a thick shower of cinders and ashes from Mt Makushin swept over the harbor'

They are in Dutch Harbor, Alaska.
The previous log page shows the weather for that day with East-South-Easterlies all day:
https://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Thetis/vol612/vol612_069_0.jpg

The recorder of the volcanic action from the logbook was our volunteer 'leelaht'.

Please do contact me should you require any further information from OldWeather.

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: AvastMH on 14 November 2016, 17:31:34

I got a reply from AVO very quickly. So exciting.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 Subject: Re: Makushin Eruption 1st September 1907 USS Thetis report
 Date: Monday, 14 November, 2016, 20:01
 
 Hello Joan -
 
 Thank you very much for passing this account along to AVO. I have a lot of secondary sources that state there was an eruption at Makushin in 1907, but this is the first eyewitness one! It is really great to be able to add it to our information. Please also thank 'leelaht' for us.
 
 I've edited our entry for the 1907 event here:
https://www.avo.alaska.edu/volcanoes/activity.php?volcname=Makushin&eruptionid=141&page=basic
 
 If I have written something in error, please let me know.
 
 Thank you again,
 Cheryl Cameron
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The entry reads:

The logbook of the USS Thetis (then the US Revenue Cutter Service Thetis) also records an eruption from Makushin during 1907. On Sept 1, 1907, they were anchored in Unalaska, and wrote "Between 5-00 and 5-30, heard two distinct explosions supposed to be from Makushin volcano. At 5-30, a thick shower of cinders and ashes from Mt. Makushin swept over the harbor and continued until 6-30, when light rain set in. Vessel covered with thin coat of cinders and ashes. Washed down decks and paint work. At 8-00, light shower of ashes from volcano again swept over harbor continued generally until midnight." The logbook record is viewable at the OldWeather project: https://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Thetis/vol612/vol612_069_1.jpg

As the weather for that day was recorded as east-south-easterlies all day, their supposition that the eruption originated from Makushin is the most likely. Thank you to the OldWeather project for transcribing this logbook and notifying AVO of the eruption account.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hi Leelaht - the entry looks good to me but please do have a look and let me know if it's OK - and enjoy it  :D
Thanks again for the page reference Hanibal :D

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: leelaht on 14 November 2016, 19:33:34

Yeah!

When Hanibal94/Jil get to that log, they can also look for details I skipped.  The next day was spent cleaning more ash off the ship, so that might give more clues as to how long the eruption lasted (maybe?).

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: AvastMH on 15 November 2016, 13:19:02

Well I guess that might be the case - we can hand it over to the AVO again and hope :D

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: jil on 06 December 2016, 16:10:02

Quote from: leelaht on 14 November 2016, 19:33:34

When Hanibal94/Jil get to that log, they can also look for details I skipped.  The next day was spent cleaning more ash off the ship, so that might give more clues as to how long the eruption lasted (maybe?).

Here's the next day 2nd Sept 1907 (http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Thetis/vol612/vol612_070_1.jpg) - Unalaska

Quote

Mid to 8am: Crew washed ashes and cinders from hull, spars and decks.

Quote

8am to 4pm: Crew finished cleaning ashes and cinders from ship

They don't mention any fresh falls of ash so this may just be cleaning what fell the night before. No further mentions of volcanic activity in the next few days (I got up to 9th Sept)

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: AvastMH on 06 December 2016, 19:32:31

Many thanks jil. Made myself a note to check this out tomorrow - just spotted the time - oops!  ::)

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Randi on 10 December 2016, 13:56:59

Volcanic Ice Crystals
(http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/1280_720/images/live/p0/2v/bl/p02vblk1.jpg)
Snow-like ice crystals in the caves of Mount Erebus
(Credit: Chadden Hunter/NPL)

Mount Erebus in Antarctica is the southernmost active volcano in the world.
Dotted around its summit is a network of ice caves, which harbour fragile
ice formations that occur nowhere else on the planet.

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150623-ten-crystals-with-magic-powers

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Randi on 01 February 2017, 19:41:16

Not one of ours, but interesting...
Rare 'lava firehose' from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38825330)

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Pommy Stuart on 06 February 2017, 03:30:54

All I got when I took a flight over the volcano was 'You should have been here Monday' it was Wednesday.   :'(

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Maikel on 24 June 2017, 09:46:15

U.S.S. Yorktown - At anchor off Atajutla, Salvador.

10-09-1907 - 4 to 8 P.M.:
The Volcano Isalco in eruption at irregular intervals of about 12 minutes.

http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Yorktown/vol029of040/vol029of040_217_1.jpg (http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Yorktown/vol029of040/vol029of040_217_1.jpg)

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Randi on 19 October 2017, 17:23:57

How volcanoes may have ended the dynasty of Ptolemy and Cleopatra (https://www.sciencenews.org/article/how-volcanoes-may-have-ended-dynasty-ptolemy-and-cleopatra)

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: AvastMH on 19 October 2017, 18:15:09

Quote from: Randi on 19 October 2017, 17:23:57

How volcanoes may have ended the dynasty of Ptolemy and Cleopatra (https://www.sciencenews.org/article/how-volcanoes-may-have-ended-dynasty-ptolemy-and-cleopatra)

Fascinating!  :D

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: studentforever on 20 October 2017, 00:43:23

Thanks. I've posted this on the news forum of my Egyptology class!

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Caro on 09 March 2018, 14:20:01

I've given up trying to search the topic for this so apologies if this has been reported before.
Paul is editing the logs of HMS Carlisle from 1923 and came across this amazing set of entries.

http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ADM53-72680/ADM53-72680-053_0.jpg

8 March 1923
At sea
Lat 9.69, Long 108.74
  8.00am: Pos. 8  55.5N, 108  30E.
11.00am: Observed smoke of submarine volcano, 45 miles distant.
  1.00pm: a/c 355^o.
  2.15pm: Volcano observed to have formed on island 400 to 500 yds long and 100ft high.
  2.28pm: a/c 020^o.
  3.00pm: a/c 067^o.
  3.36pm: a/c 025^o, having closed to within 5.5 miles.
  4.00pm: a/c 040^o.
  4.10pm: Volcano ceased erupting.
  5.26pm: a/c 018^o.
  8.00pm: Pos. 10  55N, 109  15E.
  9.52pm: C Padaran abeam, 19.75 miles.

We assume it was the Ile des Cendres, a confirmed eruption from which ephemeral islands were formed: https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=275060

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Kevin on 05 April 2018, 18:36:29

Quote from: Caro on 09 March 2018, 14:20:01

I've given up trying to search the topic for this so apologies if this has been reported before.
Paul is editing the logs of HMS Carlisle from 1923 and came across this amazing set of entries.

http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ADM53-72680/ADM53-72680-053_0.jpg

8 March 1923
At sea
Lat 9.69, Long 108.74
  8.00am: Pos. 8  55.5N, 108  30E.
11.00am: Observed smoke of submarine volcano, 45 miles distant.
  1.00pm: a/c 355^o.
  2.15pm: Volcano observed to have formed on island 400 to 500 yds long and 100ft high.
  2.28pm: a/c 020^o.
  3.00pm: a/c 067^o.
  3.36pm: a/c 025^o, having closed to within 5.5 miles.
  4.00pm: a/c 040^o.
  4.10pm: Volcano ceased erupting.
  5.26pm: a/c 018^o.
  8.00pm: Pos. 10  55N, 109  15E.
  9.52pm: C Padaran abeam, 19.75 miles.

We assume it was the Ile des Cendres, a confirmed eruption from which ephemeral islands were formed: https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=275060

Janet was sending all of these finds to the Smithsonian, and in case of Alaska region to the Alaska Volcano Observatory. Not sure if anyone took that up.

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Randi on 05 April 2018, 21:05:28

I can take that over.
Let me know who I should send it to.

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Randi on 04 May 2018, 17:41:56

Quote from: Hanibal94 on 04 May 2018, 16:51:49

Volcanic activity on November 7th!
https://catalog.archives.gov/OpaAPI/media/38547952/content/dc-metro/rg-026/559642/2017-01/storis-wmec-38-1950/storis-wmec-38-1950_0409.JPG

Observed red glow from Pavlof Volcano at interval of five (5) to ten (10) minutes, from 0400 until obscured by clouds at 0600.

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Hurlock on 25 May 2018, 01:06:49

U.S.R.M. Bear 28th April 1891
https://catalog.archives.gov/OpaAPI/media/6919211/content/arcmedia/dc-metro/rg-026/585454-noaa/bear/vol069/26-159A-bear-vol069_030.jpg
7:45 passed Pavloff volcano; smoke issuing from the crater.

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: jd570b on 20 June 2018, 17:47:46

1890-06-17 Revenue Steamer Bear

Merid. to 4 PM

At 2.40 off Bogoslov Volcano, ~~ffed into wind log 22 and until 3.35 steered various courses around Island observing Volcanic changes that had occurred during the winter.

https://catalog.archives.gov/OpaAPI/media/6919210/content/arcmedia/dc-metro/rg-026/585454-noaa/bear/vol068/26-159A-bear-vol068_052.jpg (https://catalog.archives.gov/OpaAPI/media/6919210/content/arcmedia/dc-metro/rg-026/585454-noaa/bear/vol068/26-159A-bear-vol068_052.jpg)

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Michael on 20 June 2018, 18:19:35

 8) 8) 8)

verb: luff; 3rd person present: luffs; past tense: luffed; past participle: luffed; gerund or present participle: luffing

    1. steer (a sailing vessel) nearer the wind to the point at which the sails just begin to flap.
    "I came aft and luffed her for the open sea"

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: AvastMH on 20 June 2018, 19:18:51

The whalers do a lot of luffing - often near the ice front or when there's whales to be had :)

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Michael on 20 June 2018, 20:00:07

I do a lot of huffing and puffing when I get nothing but variable courses and speeds.

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Randi on 20 June 2018, 20:21:47

Quote from: jd570b on 20 June 2018, 17:47:46

1890-06-17 Revenue Steamer Bear

Merid. to 4 PM

At 2.40 off Bogoslov Volcano, ~~ffed into wind log 22 and until 3.35 steered various courses around Island observing Volcanic changes that had occurred during the winter.

https://catalog.archives.gov/OpaAPI/media/6919210/content/arcmedia/dc-metro/rg-026/585454-noaa/bear/vol068/26-159A-bear-vol068_052.jpg (https://catalog.archives.gov/OpaAPI/media/6919210/content/arcmedia/dc-metro/rg-026/585454-noaa/bear/vol068/26-159A-bear-vol068_052.jpg)

Thanks!

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Pommy Stuart on 12 February 2019, 01:02:44

Bear 1912, Nov 17th

Merid to 4PM
Passed through several patches of volcanic ash.

(Vicinity of  53 5n, 161 55w)

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Michael on 12 February 2019, 14:40:29

 8) 8) 8)

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Pommy Stuart on 12 February 2019, 14:52:20

The ash was probably from Mt Katmai.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Katmai (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Katmai)

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Randi on 02 June 2020, 21:26:16

Please note earthquakes here too.

We have a researcher who is: "particularly interested in ship records of North Atlantic Ocean earthquakes, namely in the vicinity of the Azores."
I have sent him a list of the mentions of earthquakes I found here in the forum, and he is looking at http://naval-history.net.

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Maikel on 03 June 2020, 04:48:26

List of edited ships and dates that mention the word "earthquake":
HMS Ambrose: 1923-09-06
HMS Astraea: 1919-02-25
USS Concord: 1898-02-16
HMS Cornflower: 1924-01-18
HMS Delhi: 1920-07-17
HMS Despatch: 1923-08-31
HMS Exmouth: 1917-05-28
HMS Foxglove: 1923-10-15
HMS Hawkins: 1923-08-31, 1923-09-10, 1923-09-23
HMS Newcastle: 1916-04-11
HMS Raven II: 1917-05-28
HMS Renown: 1922-04-26
HMS Suffolk: 1914-08-03
HMS Theseus: 1918-09-11, 1918-09-12, 1918-09-13, 1918-09-14, 1918-09-16, 1918-09-18, 1918-09-20, 1918-09-22, 1918-09-29, 1918-09-30, 1918-10-01, 1918-10-02, 1918-10-03, 1918-10-05, 1918-10-06, 1918-10-11, 1918-10-13, 1918-10-18, 1918-10-23, 1918-10-30, 1918-10-31, 1918-11-02, 1918-11-06, 1918-12-02

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Pommy Stuart on 03 June 2020, 05:29:50

That was some long rumble on the HMS Theseus:  :o  :o

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Randi on 03 June 2020, 09:50:46

Thanks, Maikel. I passed that along.

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: brahe on 03 June 2020, 10:02:50

Quote from: Randi on 02 June 2020, 21:26:16

Please note earthquakes here too.

We have a researcher who is: "particularly interested in ship records of North Atlantic Ocean earthquakes, namely in the vicinity of the Azores."
I have sent him a list of the mentions of earthquakes I found here in the forum, and he is looking at http://naval-history.net.

Hi everyone!

Indeed, as Randi said, I am particularly interested in ship records of earthquakes.
Besides the mentions in the forum, Randi send me an amazing file with hundreds of logbooks and I am searching through them looking for earthquakes (ou seaquakes).
I will also have a look through Maikel's list.
As I told, my main interest is the Eastern part of the North Atlantic Ocean, let we say between the latitudes of 50 and 30?N and the longitudes of 30 and 10?W, that is, delimitated by the Azores, Madeira/Canaries and Iberian Peninsula.
If anyone knows about logbooks from ships traveling in that area, namely in the 18th and 19th centuries, please let me know.
Thanks to all!

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: Maikel on 03 June 2020, 13:33:28

No mentions of seaquakes in the edited logs.
Also, limiting the noon position between 30^oN, -30^oW and 50^oN, -10^oW comes up empty.
I.e. my previous list only mentions earthquakes outside your region of interest.

Title: Re: Volcanos, Volcanic Eruptions, Ash etc.
Post by: brahe on 03 June 2020, 18:09:29

Yes, I already noticed that, too.
Anyway, the cases you listed well worth a read, but presently I am more interested in that particular geographical area, especially from December 1884.
And thank you very much for your efforts!
If you stumble over any ship logbook from that area, I would be delighted to have a look at it

Title: Re: Volcanic and seismic activity
Post by: Randi on 05 June 2020, 19:15:54

Earthquakes
Moved here from Natural Phenomena:

Quote from: Caro on 12 December 2011, 12:41:53

http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ADM53-34371/ADM53-34371-035_0.jpg

HMS Astraea Victoria (Nigeria, I'm guessing) February 25, 1919

3.53 Felt shock as of earthquake

Quote from: h.kohler on 03 February 2011, 12:07:26

Quote from: dorbel on 03 February 2011, 04:32:56

After observing an annular eclipse on 3/12/18 off the coast of Chile, "Ophir" on the next day observed "a distinct disturbance felt throughout the ship" while in 120 fathoms.
Later in the day they stopped engines to avoid a school of whales, so perhaps they had struck one earlier.
Some excitement in what has otherwise been an excruciatingly dull cruise. We also "logged" another temp. eng. Sub-Lt for being drunk. Just how many temp. eng. subs does a ship have and why are they prone to drinking themselves into a stupor? It's all very strange.

Was the position of your ship close to 26S, 71W?
If so they might have felt a 7.8 Earthquake but I doubt it as I do not know if earthquakes can be felt on board of a ship in a shallow sea. According to UGS on 4/12/1918 there was a quake at that position.

Quote from: tastiger on 28 December 2011, 16:10:19

https://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-62841/0007_1.jpg

16 Earthquake shock felt on board between the hour of 10.0 and Midnight.

HMS Theseus, September 11, 1918.

And continued on to the next day:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-62841/0008_0.jpg

And the day after that:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-62841/0008_1.jpg

And the day after that:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-62841/0009_0.jpg

And 2 days after that:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-62841/0010_0.jpg

And 2 days after that:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-62841/0011_0.jpg

And 2 days after that:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-62841/0012_0.jpg

And 2 days after that:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-62841/0013_0.jpg

And 7 days after that:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-62841/0016_1.jpg

And the next day:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-62841/0017_0.jpg

And the next day:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-62842/0002_1.jpg

And the next day:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-62842/0003_0.jpg

And the next day:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-62842/0003_1.jpg

And 2 days later:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-62842/0004_1.jpg

And the next day:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-62842/0005_0.jpg

And 5 days later:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-62842/0007_1.jpg

And 2 days later:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-62842/0008_1.jpg

And 5 days later:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-62842/0011_0.jpg

And 5 days later:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-62842/0013_1.jpg

And 7 days later:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-62842/0017_0.jpg

And the next day:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-62842/0017_1.jpg

And 2 days later:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-62843/0003_0.jpg

And 4 days later:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-62843/0005_0.jpg

Quote from: h.kohler on 29 December 2011, 03:08:38

Finally I found it:

I was close to abandon, but after two hours of intensive search I found the quake felt on board Theseus:

Its magnitude was of 4.9 and the location: 37.700 N 24.300 E. There were two quakes of that magnitude on that day for the same position.
The other quakes must have had a magnitude on less than 4.5 as only those above have been registered in the catalogue.

September 30^th: A magnitude of 5.2 is mentioned in the catalogue.

Here is the link: http://geophysics.geo.auth.gr/the_seisnet/WEBSITE_2005/station_index_en.html

You'll have to scroll down a lot to find more data on quakes for that region and period.

Quote from: Hanibal94 on 05 March 2012, 16:26:27

HMS Renown was present during an earthquake in Japan:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-82386/0142_1.jpg

Title: Re: Volcanic and seismic activity
Post by: Randi on 05 June 2020, 19:34:22

Earthquakes continued:

Quote from: Maikel on 26 September 2013, 03:29:46

U.S.S. Yorktown, moored to stone wharf, Mare Island, California.

19-04-1892, midnight to 4 a.m.:
At 2.50 felt a sharp earthquake lasting several seconds and causing the ship to tremble and the roof on the building abreast the ship to crack.

http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Yorktown/vol007of040_cr2_to_jpg/vol007of040_116_1.jpg (http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Yorktown/vol007of040_cr2_to_jpg/vol007of040_116_1.jpg)

Quote from: Craig on 03 May 2013, 05:42:18

Numerous earthquakes reported by Yukon between July 22 and August 2 1917 at King Cove, Alaska. Longest recorded duration 45 seconds.

Quote from: Craig on 03 May 2013, 06:42:41

Sept 23, 1917

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Distinct and frequent earthquake rumblings from 1:00 AM to 7:00 AM with violent quake at 5:35 PM lasting 45 seconds.

http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USCS%20Yukon/Book%2022/IMG_4543_1.jpg

Quote from: AvastMH on 30 September 2013, 16:24:45

Might they be interested in:

http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USCS%20Yukon/Book%2022/IMG_4478_1.jpg

USS Yukon. 24/07/1917 Earthquake shock of about 4.5 seconds duration at 5:20 PM

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http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USCS%20Yukon/Book%2022/IMG_4479_1.jpg
USS Yukon 25/07/1917 Earthquake shock of 2. seconds duration (occurred at 12:35pm) 
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26th July - no earthquake report
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http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USCS%20Yukon/Book%2022/IMG_4481_1.jpg
USS Yukon 27/07/1917 Earthquake of 30 seconds duration at 3:15 PM
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http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USCS%20Yukon/Book%2022/IMG_4482_1.jpg
USS Yukon 28/07/1917 Two light earthquakes. [Transcriber's note: time not noted]
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29th July - no earthquake report
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http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USCS%20Yukon/Book%2022/IMG_4484_1.jpg
USS Yukon 30/07/1917 Earth quake of short duration.

Quote from: Caro on 30 September 2013, 16:38:30

There was one on July 22 1917 too.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USCS%20Yukon/Book%2022/IMG_4476_1.jpg
and on July 25
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USCS%20Yukon/Book%2022/IMG_4479_1.jpg
and on July 27 ...
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USCS%20Yukon/Book%2022/IMG_4481_1.jpg

...

Quote from: camiller on 02 October 2013, 08:29:00

Oct. 3, 1917, the Yukon, in King Cove, Alaska: "Pronounced earthquake shocks at 11:07 AM; 12:20 PM 3:45 PM and lesser ones during evening."

http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USCS%20Yukon/Book%2022/IMG_4553_1.jpg

Quote from: AvastMH on 02 October 2013, 13:13:56

07/10/1917.
Very pronounced earthquake shock at 6.20 am
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USCS%20Yukon/Book%2022/IMG_4557_1.jpg

They surely must have been having mini tsunamis?

Quote from: camiller on 02 October 2013, 14:40:30

15 Oct, 1917. the Yukon in King Cove, Alaska:
"Earthquake shocks at 4:30 AM"
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USCS%20Yukon/Book%2022/IMG_4565_1.jpg

Quote from: Hanibal94 on 08 June 2014, 04:44:03

Bear, 25 Apr 1906:
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USRC%20Bear/vol095/vol095_122_1.jpg

3.15 pm: Felt earthquake (3 seconds duration).

Probably an aftershock from the Big One.

Quote from: Maikel on 29 July 2014, 03:10:14

U.S.S. Yorktown - At anchor Nagasaki, Japan.

25-05-1895 - Meridian to 4 p.m.:
Noticed between three and four o'clock, a movement of all the vessels in the harbor swinging rapidly at their moorings, in various directions.

http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Yorktown/vol013of040_jpg_clean/vol013of040_162_1.jpg (http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Yorktown/vol013of040_jpg_clean/vol013of040_162_1.jpg)

Quote from: Bob on 15 June 2015, 18:00:03

USS Jamestown
April 17, 1876
San Francisco, California

4 to 8 A.M.   Light shock earthquake at 7.35

http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol038of067/vol038of067_041_1.jpg

Quote from: Hurlock on 04 September 2015, 03:48:43

3rd December 1904 Callao, Peru

http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol040of055/vol040of055_041_1.jpg

At 1.35 a severe shock of earthquake was felt on board the ship.

Quote from: Maikel on 25 May 2016, 10:07:40

U.S.S. Yorktown - In dry dock, Uraga, Japan.

29-08-1901 - 4 to 8 P.M.:
At 6:55 felt quite a severe earthquake.
Examined the ship and dock and shores, immediately afterwards, and found all in good shape.

http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Yorktown/vol024of040/vol024of040_109_1.jpg (http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Yorktown/vol024of040/vol024of040_109_1.jpg)

Quote from: Maikel on 06 October 2016, 09:59:45

U.S.S. Yorktown

25-05-1902 - In Dry Dock, Uraga, Japan.

8 P.M. to Midnight:
At 8:32 and 9:08 the ship was shaken by heavy earthquake shocks.

http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Yorktown/vol025of040/vol025of040_315_1.jpg (http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Yorktown/vol025of040/vol025of040_315_1.jpg)

Edit: Corrected typo in place name.

Quote from: Michael on 18 October 2016, 14:24:18

01 June 1899 (http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USCS%20Patterson/Book%2082/IMG_2734_0.jpg), Patterson at San Francisco.

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At 1121 felt an earth quake shock, about 4".

From San Francisco Earthquake history (http://www.sfmuseum.org/alm/quakes2.html)

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June 1, 1899
People rushed to the streets in panic when the earthquake struck at 11:19 p.m. Many windows were broken South-of-Market and the clock at the Union Ferry Building stopped.

Quote from: AvastMH on 18 October 2016, 15:23:03

Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 97, Number 101, 2 June 1899

(http://i.imgur.com/l9dEOau.png)

Quote from: Maikel on 06 April 2018, 09:42:33

01-11-1911 - At anchor, Corinto, Nicaragua.

Additional to Ship's Log.
Commences and until 4:00 a.m., (additional).
A slight earthquake shock was felt ashore about 4:00 a.m.

http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Yorktown/vol035of040/vol035of040_202_1.jpg (http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Yorktown/vol035of040/vol035of040_202_1.jpg)

Quote from: Pommy Stuart on 24 August 2018, 02:29:45

Corwin 20 May 1884, Ounalaska, Alaska.

10AM, had very sensible shock of earthquake.

Title: Re: Volcanic and seismic activity
Post by: Randi on 07 June 2020, 09:18:01

Quote from: Zovacor on 07 January 2012, 18:45:25

Earthquake aftershocks felt all day on Oct. 1-3, 5-6 1918 in Hilo aboard the Theseus (possibly before too, havent seen those pages)

https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-62842/0002_1.jpg
https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-62842/0003_0.jpg
https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-62842/0003_1.jpg
https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-62842/0004_1.jpg
https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-62842/0005_0.jpg