Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, Hawaii

Mauna Loa, the world’s largest volcano, has been regularly active for thousands of years.
Sizing up Mauna Loa’s Lava Flows
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Sizing up Mauna Loa’s Lava Flows

Airborne mapping of the thickness of the lava flows helped scientists calculate that 230 million cubic meters of molten rock poured from the volcano during the two-week eruption.

Published Dec 16, 2022

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Living the Lava Life on Mauna Loa
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Living the Lava Life on Mauna Loa

A small research station in Hawaii where analog astronauts simulate living and working on the Moon or Mars is out of harm’s way after a lava flow appeared to be headed in its direction.

Published Dec 5, 2022

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Mauna Loa Awakens
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Mauna Loa Awakens

During the first eruption in nearly four decades, satellites observed the volcano’s nighttime glow and sulfur dioxide plume.

Published Nov 29, 2022

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Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, Hawaii
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Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, Hawaii

Published Mar 2, 2002

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