Photo 1: (Katmai caldera) At the summit of Mount Katmai, three
hikers sit on the rim of a crater lake that was a mountaintop
before 1912. From left are Nathan Eichelberger, Amanda Austin and Diana Roman,
who visited Mount Katmai on a field trip in June, 2001.
Photo 2: (inside Novarupta) John Eichelberger of the Alaska
Volcano Observatory points out lava features inside Novarupta volcano,
łground zero˛ for the eruption that formed the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes.
Ned Rozell photos