Mount Augustine, Ala.: Volcanic Eruptions Can Produce Lightning (IMAGE)

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Mount Augustine, Ala.: Volcanic Eruptions Can Produce Lightning

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Following the initial eruptions of Alaska's Mount Augustine Jan. 11 and 13, 2006, scientists found that lightning was produced and two electromagnetic lightning detectors were set up about 60 miles away in Homer.

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