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HVO scientist uses a field FTIR

By Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Scientist on crater rim uses equipment to measure volcanic gases emitted from the active lava lake below
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An HVO scientist aims the ‘field FTIR’ at spattering lava from the current eruption in Halema‘uma‘u crater, at Kīlauea summit, on October 4, 2021. USGS photo by P. Nadeau. 

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