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April 26, 2024

On April 24, HVO staff installed a new webcam and upgraded an existing webcam on the Southwest Rift Zone of Mauna Loa. 

HVO staff installed a new webcam, the MDLcam, to monitor the Southwest Rift Zone of Mauna Loa. It is one of several pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) models installed over the past several years to monitor Mauna Loa. The view of PTZ cameras can be controlled remotely; they're capable of panning horizontally (from left to right), tilting vertically (up and down), and zooming (for magnification). The existing M3cam on the Southwest Rift Zone of Mauna Loa was also upgraded to a higher-resolution model. 

PTZ cameras monitoring Mauna Loa:

New MDLcam view: 

Color webcam image showing rift zone of volcano
Color photograph of field engineer installing webcam
An HVO physical science technician upgrades the M3cam webcam on the Southwest Rift Zone of Mauna Loa. This webcam points northeast (uprift), towards the summit of Mauna Loa, to cover portions of the upper Southwest Rift Zone. The upgrade included a higher resolution webcam with a wider field of view. USGS photo by M. Patrick.
Color photograph of field engineer installing camera
HVO staff also installed a new pan-tilt-zoom webcam (MDLcam) on the Southwest Rift Zone of Mauna Loa on April 24, 2024. The camera model view can be controlled remotely and is capable of panning horizontally (from left to right), tilting vertically (up and down), and zooming (for magnification). Here, an HVO physical science technician does the final work on the wiring that powers the webcam from the battery case. The large antenna on the top of the mast transmits the images in real time to the observatory. USGS photo by M. Patrick.
Color photograph of volcanic cone
Aerial view of an HVO geologist and field engineer installing the new MLDcam on a cone located on the Southwest Rift Zone of Mauna Loa. The new camera was installed with permission from Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park. USGS photo by M. Warren.

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