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Italy to use UAV to Monitor Volcano

November 16, 2007 rockman Geologic Hazards 1

Italy’s University of Bologna recently made the debut flights of a Raven unmanned air vehicle or UAV intended for use in low altitude monitoring of volcanos. Read on for more details. (Photo of Raven UAV in use by Australian Military, by OzStryker)

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Movie About Dramatic Drilling and Rescue of 33 Chilean Miners

October 29, 2015 rockman Miscellaneous Comments Off on Movie About Dramatic Drilling and Rescue of 33 Chilean Miners

This is pretty cool! It’s not every day that you have a major Hollywood motion picture that features drillers as the unlikely heroes! The movie ‘The 33" stars some big names like Antonio Banderas, Lou […]

Geologic Hazards

Kilauea Volcano: Examining Hazards from Latest Redirected Flow Event

December 3, 2007 rockman Geologic Hazards Comments Off on Kilauea Volcano: Examining Hazards from Latest Redirected Flow Event

In July of 2007, The Big Island’s Kilauea began eruting approximately 500,000 cubic meters of lava a day in a direction that has not previously seen lava flows. Most importantly, the northeasterly direction of flow takes it towards Pahoa Village, 11 miles from the erupting fissure but still possibly at risk. Read on for more. (USGS Photo)

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