July 2, 2024 — Leveling the UWE tiltmeter at the summit of Kīlauea
![View down a borehole hosting a volcano-monitoring instrument](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/full_width/public/media/images/multimediaFile-4087.jpg?itok=_PGyAgvB)
Detailed Description
A view down the borehole that houses the UWE tiltmeter. The UWE tiltmeter was installed in 1999 and it is an important instrument within HVO's Kīlauea monitoring network, providing data on the pressurization levels within the shallow magma storage body beneath Halema‘uma‘u. USGS image by M. Warren.
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