In the evening, the ship
anchored off Bogoslof, a tiny but well-known island with a
dramatic history of volcanic destruction and
reestablishment. Rising only a few hundred feet out of the
ocean, Bogoslof is actually a 6000 foot volcano. The
earliest recorded eruption took place in 1796. In 1899, one
eruption had reportedly scalded and killed many sea
lions. The upper figure is andesite,
compact lava collected at the east base of the Bogoslof
Volcano, and drawn in natural light. The image is magnified
28 times. The lower specimen is liparite, collected on St.
Lawrence Island.
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