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Image GVP-04554

This 2 March 1987 view from the west shows the ash deposition on the flanks of a cone in the SW corner of Okmok caldera. Intermittent explosive eruptions took place from November 1986 to February 1988 from Cone A. Cone C and Cone F are visible in the background. Photo by Harold Wilson (Peninsula Airways), 1987 (courtesy of John Reeder, Alaska Div. Geological Geophysical Surveys).

This 2 March 1987 view from the west shows the ash deposition on the flanks of a cone in the SW corner of Okmok caldera. Intermittent explosive eruptions took place from November 1986 to February 1988 from Cone A. Cone C and Cone F are visible in the background.

Photo by Harold Wilson (Peninsula Airways), 1987 (courtesy of John Reeder, Alaska Div. Geological Geophysical Surveys).

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