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Elevated activity reported at Alaska’s remote Mount Veniaminof volcano again

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theextinctionprotocol-Aug 15,2013

August 15, 2013 – ALASKA - Mount Veniaminof , an 8,225-foot peak 25 miles southwest of Chignik Lake and 485 miles from Anchorage which first rumbled to life in early June of this year, is again showing signs of elevated activity, spitting at least one cloud of ash and steam into the air earlier this week and featuring higher levels of seismic activity and surface temperature. One plume on Monday rose to a height of about 12,000 feet, according to the Alaska Volcano Observatory. Meantime, NASA recently flew over the volcano and snapped a spectacular satellite picture showing the way that fresh ash is painting the peak, topping off the snow falling at the higher elevations of the mountain. –Alaska Dispatch

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~ Space Weather Update~ A NEW STAR IN THE SKY~ Solar Wind Speed 588

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QUIET SUN: Solar activity has returned to low levels. New sunspots AR1817 and AR1818 broke the quiet earlier this week with a brief spate of C- and M-class solar flares, but their magnetic fields have since decayed. NOAA forecasters put the odds of an M-class flare today at 30%. Solar flare alerts: text, voice.

A NEW STAR IN THE SKY: Around the world, amateur astronomers are turning their telescopes toward minor constellation Delphinus where a new star has appeared. Koichi Itagaki of Yamagata, Japan, discovered the nova on August 14th. At the time, the stellar brightness was +6.3. Since then it has continued to brighten, possibly crossing the 6th magnitude threshold of naked-eye visibility. John Chumack photographed the surging nova on August 15th from the John Bryan State Park in Yellow Springs, Ohio:

"The nova is hard to see naked eye unless you are in a very dark sky and know exactly where to look," says Chumack, "but this is a very bright nova visible in binoculars." He used a 16-inch Newtonian telescope to take the picture.

Active volcanoes in the world: August 7 - August 13, 2013

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During past seven days 3 volcanoes had new activity, ongoing activity was reported for 12 volcanoes. This report covers active volcanoes in the world from August 7 – August 13, 2013 based on Smithsonian/USGS criteria.

New activity/unrest: | Ketoi, Kuril Islands (Russia) | Paluweh, Lesser Sunda Islands (Indonesia) | Tungurahua, Ecuador

Ongoing activity: | Chirinkotan, Kuril Islands| Chirpoi, Kuril Islands (Russia) | Kilauea, Hawaii (USA) | Kizimen, Eastern Kamchatka (Russia) | Pacaya, Guatemala | Pavlof, Alaska Peninsula | Reventador, Ecuador | Sakura-jima, Kyushu | Santa María, Guatemala | Shiveluch, Central Kamchatka (Russia) | Tolbachik, Central Kamchatka (Russia) | Veniaminof, Alaska Peninsula

The Weekly Volcanic Activity Report is a cooperative project between the Smithsonian's Global Volcanism Program and the US Geological Survey's Volcano Hazards Program. Updated by 2300 UTC every Wednesday, notices of volcanic activity posted on these pages are preliminary and subject to change as events are studied in more detail. This is not a comprehensive list of all of Earth's volcanoes erupting during the week, but rather a summary of activity at volcanoes that meet criteria discussed in detail in the "Criteria and Disclaimers" section. Carefully reviewed, detailed reports on various volcanoes are published monthly in the Bulletin of the Global Volcanism Network.

New activity/unrest

KETOI, Kuril Islands (Russia) 
47.35°N, 152.475°E; summit elev. 1172 m

SVERT reported that a thermal anomaly over Ketoi's Pallas Peak was detected in satellite images during 5-7 and 9 August, and possibly during 10-11 August. Steam-and-gas emissions were detected on 9 August. The Aviation Color Code remained at Yellow.

Eyes on the Sky: August 12 thru August 18

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Published on Aug 11, 2013

There are many bird constellations in the sky, and as telescopes were used, astronomers saw even many deep sky objects as being bird-like in shape and structure. This week, learn where to find Messier 11 and Messier 16, along with a bit of a tour along the Milky Way from Cygnus, through Aquila, to Scutum, and into Serpens. See what's up in the night sky every week with "Eyes on the Sky" videos, astronomy made easy.

~ Space Weather Update~ Chance for X Class Flare Earth Directed

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PERSEIDS SLOWLY SUBSIDING: The Perseid meteor shower, which peaked on August 12-13 with as many as 120 meteors per hour, is slowly subsiding as Earth exits the debris stream of parent comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. Sky watchers should nevertheless remain alert for meteors tonight between midnight and sunrise. It will take several days for the Perseid rate to drop to zero. [photo gallery] [meteor radar]

INCREASING CHANCE OF FLARES: Two new sunspots are growing rapidly in the sun's southern hemisphere. One of them, AR1817, is directly facing Earth and poses a threat for X-class solar flares. A movie from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows the sunspot's development over the past 48 hours:

AR1817 has a 'beta-gamma-delta' magnetic field that harbors energy for strong eruptions. NOAA forecasters estimate a 30% chance of M-class flares and a 5% chance of X-class flares on August 13th. Solar flare alerts: text, voice.

Seismic unrest at El Hierro Island (Canary Islands) in 2011-13: updates

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New seismic swarm ?
Update Tue 13 Aug 17:21

The number of earthquakes has increased from averages of 5-10 to about 30 during the past few days. The location of the recent quakes is in a N-S elongated layer about 10-12 km depth in the western part of the island under the El Golfo bay. So far, no quakes above magnitude 3 have occurred.

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