Volcano Blog: Chaginigak, Alaska

Teaser from an article in New Scientist (subscription required). Great free slideshow link, however.

Volcano Spews Lethal Acid Brew

ALL the fish and birds were gone, the trees were defoliated and their mosses dead, and the local lakes and rivers were lined with yellow scum. This was the aftermath of a mysterious catastrophe in July 2005, as reported by a lodge-owner near the remote Chiginagak volcano in Alaska.

One of the slideshow photographs shows a crater lake, presumably acidic, at the top of the snow-covered volcano.