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August 12, 2025 — Field engineer services Mauna Loa monitoring station

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A USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory field engineer works on the infrastructure that supports the MLcam and MTcam on the north rim of Moku‘āweoweo, the summit caldera of Mauna Loa volcano. The MLcam provides visual imagery of Moku‘āweoweo while the MTcam provides thermal imagery. The infrastructure at this monitoring site is also an important data transmission hub for other monitoring stations around Mauna Loa. USGS photo by M. Cappos. 

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