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New Study Looks at How People Cope with Vog

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The rim of Kīlauea Volcano's summit caldera, normally clear on trade-wind days (left), became nearly obscured by vog (right) on some non-trade wind days beginning in 2008, when sulfur dioxide emissions from the volcano's summit increased to unusually high levels. USGS photos.