Images

Crested Auklets standing in a line on ash mud of Kasatochi Volcano

Least and Crested Auklets standing on ash mud of Kasatochi Volcano in 2009

Auklets on the slope of Kasatochi Volcano in 2009. They are standing on the ash mud from the 2008 eruption.

Four Least Auklets standing on ash mud of Kasatochi Volcano in 2009

Least and Crested Auklet panorama on Kasatochi Volcano one year after the catastrophic eruption of August 7, 2008.

Least and Crested Auklet on a steep slope on ash mud of Kasatochi Volcano

A Crested Auklet flock flying around the Research Vessel Tiglax off of the Kasatochi volcano.  Research here was concerned with documenting recolonization of an island community after a catastrophic volcano eruption.

Kasatochi Volcano crater one year after the 2008 eruption. Blue-green color is from high acidity.

Large flock of auklets flying over the R/V Tiglax near Kasatochi Volcano

A view of a slope of Kasatochi Volcano with auklets in the foreground one year after the catastrophic eruption of 2008.

Crested and Least Auklets standing on ash mud of Kasatochi Volcano

Silhouette of scientist climbing Kasatochi Volcano with auklets flying in the background.

Three Least Auklets standing in the ash mud on Kasatochi Volcano one year after the eruption of August 2008.

Gullies on Kasatochi Volcano showing erosion one year after the 2008 eruption

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service vessel Tiglax off of Kasatochi Island, Alaska, as seen through a flock of Crested Auklets.

Laysan Albatross swimming in the waters near Kasatochi Volcano

Laysan Albatross near Kasatochi Volcano

Laysan Albatross with wings out sitting in the waters near Kasatochi Volcano

Time-lapse camera on Kasatochi volcano one year after the 2008 eruption.

Laysan Albatross floating in the waters near the Kasatochi Volcano one year after the catastrophic eruption.

Lone sea lion hauled out on rocks of Kasatochi Volcano in 2009.