This March 15, 2009, photo released by the Alaska Volcano Observatory / U.S. Geological Survey shows Mount Redoubt looking south at the north flank near Kenai, Alaska. The volcano erupted three times starting Sunday night, March 22, 2009, sending an ash cloud an estimated 50,000 feet into the air. The ash cloud is expected to reach the Susitna Valley including Talkeetna, and Willow about 90 miles north of Anchorage.
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