In this photo provided by the Alaskan Volcano Observatory, the Pavlof volcano erupts Friday, May 17, 2013, as seen from the air near Cold Bay, Alaska.Alaska’s remote Pavlof Volcano was shooting lava hundreds of feet into the air, but its ash plume was thinning Saturday and no longer making it dangerous for airplanes to fly nearby.
A narrow ash plume extends a couple hundred miles southeast from the volcano, which is 625 miles southwest of Anchorage, said Geologist Chris Waythomas of the Alaska Volcano Observatory.
The eruption that began Monday seemed to be slowing on Saturday, but Waythomas said that could change at any time.
“Things could ramp up quickly,” he said.
There are no flight restrictions because of the eruption, but pilots are being told to use caution and pay attention, Waythomas said.