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Satellite images can be used to help warn of future volcanic eruptions - expert

Satellite images can be used to help warn of future volcanic eruptions - expert
28 Jan, 2021 08:11 PM
5 minutes to read
RNZ
Satellites spotted part of the crater of Whakaari/White Island collapsing in the days before the deadly December 2019 eruption, it has emerged.
Scientists believe such images could be integrated into a supertool to forecast eruptions and save lives.
Geothermal scientist Dr Mark Harvey is currently on a boat with his family, heading to the Bahamas to escape Covid in the US, where he runs his business out of Connecticut.
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Previously, he was ploughing through radar photos of Whakaari taken as satellites passed overhead every three-five days, "like a three-dimensional cartoon over time", he said.

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