Mount Redoubt: The Alaska Volcano Explosion

Volcanoes are all the rage right now. Last week, an underwater volcano erupted in Tonga, and this week, it appears Alaska's Mt. Redoubt is getting ready to blow the roof off the sucker.

As you can see from the photo above, courtesy of the Alaska Volcano Observatory, Redoubt kicked off its eruption party early Monday morning with "another large explosion" on Monday morning.

The craziest news is that "40-50 earthquakes" per hour have been occurring for quite some time. Anchorage is believed to experience some ash fall-out, but, aside from Kenai, the potential damage appears to be minimal.

Make sure and check out the descriptions of previous explosions at Alaska's Volcano Observatory website, a picture of which you can see here.