April 14, 2026 — HVO field engineer checks laptop
Detailed Description
A USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory field engineer uses a field laptop to configure the connection between the new radio that was installed on the cell tower in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. This radio receives monitoring data via a radio link from another tower located at Uēkahuna, which collects data from various volcano-monitoring stations. From the cell tower, monitoring data is relayed to the Kawaihae Data Center. Because the radio at the cell tower was damaged during recent storms, there was a volcano monitoring data outage since Saturday April 11, 2026. The new radio resolved the issue. USGS photo by M. Warren.
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