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Mount Pavlof live camera — Alaska
One of the most frequently erupting volcanoes in Alaska. A 2,518 m cone with its vents high on the north and east sides.
Sample September 2026What you are looking at
A cone-shaped volcano 2,518 metres high, out towards the end of the Alaska Peninsula. Its vents are near the summit, on the north and east sides.
It is one of the most frequently erupting volcanoes in the Aleutian arc: more than forty eruptions are on record since the 1790s, and it stirs every few years. No single eruption is large, but lava fountains out of the vent and ash drifts downwind. Because it sits directly under air routes, the observatory watches it constantly with cameras and seismometers, and airlines are notified when ash goes up. On days when it is not erupting, a snow-covered cone simply stands there quietly.
Right beside it stands Pavlof Sister, 2,142 metres high, which has no record of eruption at all. Where two cones sit side by side and only one of them keeps going, the usual explanation is that their plumbing is separate underground. Pavlof's eruptions often begin while the precursory earthquakes are still small, which is exactly why it is worth a person looking at this frame for smoke. Line up the months in which its eruptions started and they lean towards autumn and winter; one proposal is that the seasonal change in sea level acts as the trigger.
Alaska time, seventeen to eighteen hours behind Japan; around five in the morning in Japan is local midday. It stays dim even at noon in winter. As a still image, nothing shows in the dark hours.
About this camera
| Place | Alaska |
| Format | Still image |
| Time zone | America/Anchorage (UTC-9, DST UTC-8) |
| Category | Volcano |
| Operator | Alaska Volcano Observatory |
| Terms of use | Free to use with credit |
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