Pilots saw Pavlof Volcano spitting a small amount of ash on May 22, 2013. (Courtesy of Ryan Hazen and Brandon Wilson)

There’s still some rumbling and a few small explosions here and there. But for the most part, Pavlof Volcano on the Alaska Peninsula has quieted down.

When volcanoes spring to life in Alaska, aviators and residents rely on the Alaska Volcano Observatory for information.

KUCB's Vic Fisher spoke with John Power, the scientist in charge of the AVO, about what the agency's doing to keep up with Pavlof.

Clouds blanket Pavlof Volcano on May 21, 2013 / Courtesy of Mitch Johnson

Heavy cloud cover over the Alaska Peninsula is making it tough for scientists to monitor Pavlof Volcano.

The Alaska Volcano Observary hasn't been able to get a clear picture of the peak by satellite for almost two days. Still, there's some indication that the eruption might be easing up a little.

Courtesy of Theo Chesley

Pavlof Volcano continued to erupt over the weekend, spitting a plume of ash that reached 22,000 feet into the sky. 

That's not enough to affect international air traffic. But it was enough to cancel air service to the village of Sand Point. A PenAir representative confirms that planes haven't made it to Sand Point since Thursday, but declined to say exactly why. 

Ashfall at the Sand Point airport is probably to blame, according to Rick Wessels. He's a geophysicist for the Alaska Volcano Observatory, and he's monitoring Pavlof, which has been sprinkling ash on Sand Point all weekend.

View from Sand Point of Pavlof Volcano Erupting on May 14, 2013 -- Credit: Gina Stafford

Pavlof Volcano put on a light show for residents of several communities on the Alaska Peninsula Tuesday night. Activity at the volcano has increased, and it’s spewing ash up to 20,000 feet.

Cold Bay resident Molly Watson was watching Pavlof for signs of activity from her kitchen window on Tuesday evening.

“And I’d kind of given up, thinking ‘ehn, we’re not going to see anything else, just smoke.’ As soon as I mentally thought that, and I was actually writing it to a friend -- I was emailing -- and sure enough, I saw this spark, and I was like ‘what is that?!’”

Mount Pavlof steaming, with fresh lava flow on its north flank/Credit: Brandon Wilson

Scientists at the Alaska Volcano Observatory were able to get clear views of two restless volcanoes today. The images show that both Cleveland Volcano in the Aleutian Islands and Pavlof Volcano on the Alaska Peninsula are oozing lava.

Cleveland started erupting earlier this month, with six separate explosions sending up multiple ash clouds. The volcano has been quiet since early last week, but the new satellite imagery shows a lava flow coming out of the southeastern side of the crater. The flow is about 100 yards wide, and a mile long.

West Flank of Pavlof Volcano/Credit: AVO - Chris Waythomas

Alaska’s most active volcano appears to be erupting. Mount Pavlof, on the Alaska Peninsula, started rumbling Monday morning, according to Alaska Volcano Observatory scientist-in-charge John Power.

“This type of pattern -- weak seismic activity, along with a great deal of heat at the summit -- has characterized past eruptions of Pavlof, and we believe that’s what’s occurring now,” Power says."

Power says while scientists haven’t been able to get a good look at the volcano, he suspects it’s oozing lava, or perhaps even shooting jets of it into the air in what’s called a stromboli fountain. So far, the Observatory hasn’t detected any ash clouds associated with the eruption, although in the past, Pavlof has produced significant plumes.

Eagles Feasting on Fish / Credit: Tim Moyer

A flock of eagles descended on the Safeway parking lot last week, prompting police intervention.

Public Safety Director Jamie Sunderland says several people called in short succession on Thursday afternoon to report the melee.

Sunderland: “One of our officers went over there and there were 40 eagles sitting on, in and around several vehicles in the area.”

Terra MODIS satellite image of May 4 eruption plume from Cleveland/Credit: NASA

Cleveland Volcano is erupting, but so far it hasn’t impacted air travel.

Alaska Volcano Observatory scientist-in-charge John Power says Cleveland’s activity this week is different from its rumblings in 2011 and 2012.

“We’ve had a number of little explosions at Cleveland, beginning about 5 am on Saturday morning, and the most recent one we’ve been able to verify was [Monday] morning at about 8 o’clock.”

The highest of those explosions reached only about 15,000 feet, too low to interfere with air traffic transiting the region. But in addition to the explosions, Power says Cleveland has also been experiencing a continuous, low-level eruption.