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INSIDECOSTARICA.COM
| COSTA RICA
NEWS | Friday
19 August 2011 |
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Experts
Keep
An
Eye
On
The
Turrialba
Volcano
For
over
100
years
the
Turrialba
was
dormant,
but
now
is
visited
weekly
by
experts
who
are
tracking
its
changes.
Recently,
experts
have
been
investigating
new
holes
in
the
craters,
where
the
temperature
of
gas
emissions
has
been
rising
and
forming
a
single
plume
of
gas
that
is
visible
at
the
top.
The
Turrialba
volcano
records
an
average
of
100
micro
quakes
daily.
In
addition,
the
degassing
is
affecting
production
at
nearby
crop
and
dairy
farms.
To
follow
the
pulse
of
the
temperatures
the
University
of
Costa
Rica
(UCR)
has
installed
infrared
cameras,
this
along
with
the
seismic
stations,
it
will
allow
experts
to
learn
any
drastic
change
at
the
volcano
in
minutes.
Cameras
have
also
been
installed
at
the
Poás
volcano.
Last
July
22
the
Ministry
of
Environment
and
Telecommunications
(MINAET)
decided
to
reopen
the
Turrialba
Volcano
National
Park,
that
had
been
closed
since
January
2010
activity.
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