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Current status of Hawai‘i Island's volcanoes presented in Kona

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The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory uses a variety of ground- and satellite-based techniques to monitor Hawai‘i's active volcanoes. Here, an HVO scientist sets up a portable GPS receiver to track surface changes during an island-wide survey of Hawai‘i's volcanoes. USGS photo by Loren Antolik.

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