Deploying a FTIR on Pu’u ‘Ō’ō crater

Detailed Description
HVO gas geochemists deployed a FTIR spectrometer on the east rim of Pu`u `Ō `ō crater. The FTIR measures the composition of the East Wall vent gases by "looking" through the plume at an infrared lamp (obscured by fume in this photo)
Sources/Usage
Public Domain.