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Annual Surveys of Hawai‘i's Volcanoes Are Underway

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An HVO geophysicist positions a GPS antenna (white disk on yellow tripod) precisely over a benchmark, or fixed reference point. Repeat measurements of the same benchmarks from year to year enable HVO to map ground movements on Hawai‘i's active volcanoes over time.