Collecting Gas Samples

This photo shows a brave USGS geologist (arrows) who has made his way across a field of active pahoehoe to collect a gas sample from one of 3 active spatter vents (v). This type of sampling is dangerous, but it is just about the only way to collect gas samples that have not been greatly contaminated by air.

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