Thursday, May 17, 2012
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Tuesday, 08 May 2012 15:02
The cloud cover which normally obscures the top portions of the volcano recently cleared for a short period the evening of 5 May, allowing observation of incandescence, the glowing of rock. The photograph shown was taken during an...
Wednesday, 25 April 2012 09:45
This week a team of scientists and technicians from the Carnegie Institution of Washington and the UNAVCO consortium are visiting MVO as part of their work for the Caribbean Andesitic Lava Island Precision Seismo-geodetic Observato...
Thursday, 05 April 2012 13:06
A new vent has been observed in the location where ash venting occurred on 23 March 2012. The vent is located in the floor of the 11 February 2010 collapse scar and is immediately south of the remnants of the old English’s Crater w...

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MVO's report (OFR-11-02) prepared for the sixteenth meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC 16) is now available for the public to download here.

It was developed for SAC members in preparation for the SAC 16 meeting. The report summarizes all volcanic activity from the period of 1 May to 31 October 2011, including monitoring and visual observations. In addition to scientific information, it also includes information about MVO's monitoring networks and operations.

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