a friend is hosting a powerpoint party, so I'm making a presentation for it, and obviously im doing it about something Katmai related. I was gonna do a broad, like, "heres several interesting things about katmai national park" but then i started reading about the 1912 Novarupta eruption, which is the reason that katmai was designated a national monument in 1918 (before national parks existed) and its just so cool.
like. what do you mean 'so much ash fell on Kodiak Island -- which is 100 miles away -- that it collapsed roofs'. what do you mean 'the explosion of the eruption was heard in Juneau, Alaska, which is over 750 miles away, an hour after it occured'. what do you mean 'it was the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century and has not been matched since'.
what do you mean 'The Valley Of 10,000 Smokes has ash deposits 700ft deep at the deepest points'. what do you mean 'the reason it is called The Valley Of 10,000 Smokes is because that ash steamed until the 1940s'. what do you mean 'they used that valley to train apollo astronauts to recognize volcanic structures on the moon'. what do you mean 'there is still no plant life in The Valley Of 10,000 Smokes'.
this shit is wild. i feel like i did when i read about the 1964 Alaskan Earthquake (which was also bonkers). what the fuck.
