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New assessment of Kīlauea's extreme SO2 emission rates in 2018

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A thick, dense plume of SO2 and other volcanic gases billows from the lava fountains at fissure 8 on June 19, 2018. SO2 emission rates during the 2018 eruption of Kīlauea were so high that they required a new data analysis technique. USGS photo by P. Nadeau.

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