Flight planned to keep eye on Ruapehu's heating crater lake
Scientists plan to keep a close eye on Mt Ruapehu’s warming crater lake after the volcanic alert level was raised to two on Monday. When weather allows, they plan to make a plume gas measuring flight and collect a lake water sample via helicopter but both measures were dependent on an updated hazard assessment, duty volcanologist Michael Rosenberg told Stuff on Thursday. GeoNet monitors Mt Ruapehu via a network of seismic and acoustic sensors, satellite position receivers, and sensors in the lake, as well as physical visits to collect water samples, and flights to measure volcanic gases ...