⚠️🌍 BREAKING: Great Sitkin Volcano Erupts in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands 🌍⚠️ Great Sitkin, one of Alaska’s most active volcanoes, is showing powerful new activity: 🔥 Lava fills the summit crater — steady growth of lava flows now pushing down the southwest slope. ⛰️ Rockfalls triggered as unstable slopes collapse under the pressure of molten rock. 🚨 Hazards: Lava may enter valleys below, endangering terrain, ecosystems, and potential infrastructure. ✈️ Air traffic risk: Elevated heat, steaming,

3.6K views · 118 reactions | In June 1942, Japan had seized the remote, sparsely inhabited islands of Attu and Kiska, in the Aleutian Islands. It was the only U.S. soil Japan would claim during the war in the Pacific. In May 1943, U.S. troops retook Attu and three months later reclaimed Kiska. | 10th Mountain Division | Facebook

The Aleutian Islands are a rugged, wild network of islands between the Bering Sea and the Gulf of Alaska. Conservationist and nature photographer Ian Shive Photography takes us behind the scenes as he documents the rich wildlife that inhabits them. → Discovery.com/aleutianislands Follow Ian’s full adventure in #TheLastUnknown, streaming March 18 on #discoveryplus. #AleutianIslands #island #naturephotography #wildlife #conservation #natureinfocus | Discovery