A brief history of YVO webcams
Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Michael Poland, geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey and Scientist-in-Charge of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, and Jake Lowenstern, Director of the USGS Volcano Disaster Assistance Program and former Scientist-in-Charge of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. Map of earthquakes that occurred beneath Yellowstone Lake as parts of seismic swarms in 2008-2009 (green) and 2020 (red). Orange line is the boundary of Yellowstone Caldera, which formed 631,000 years ago. For over 20 years, webcams have provided critical volcano monitoring data around
Photo and Video Chronology — Getting webcams back online at Mauna Loa summit
Mauna Loa summit webcams have been down for several months due to wind damage at the radio telemetry site. On November 7, 2024, HVO staff visited the site and performed a partial fix that brought the webcams back online. November 7, 2024 — Mauna Loa HVO staff made a visit to the windy and cold summit region of Mauna Loa on Thursday, November 7, 2024. There, they inspected the radio telemetry site, with clear views of Mauna Kea, and found wind damage to several components. High winds at the summit of Mauna Loa had ripped several solar panels from their