| Description | Under the Volcano: FLIR Systems cameras used to monitor active volcanoesIf an infrared camera is the instrument to detect and measure hot spots, it must be the perfect tool to survey the biggest and most impressive hot spots on earth: volcanoes. Italy is home to at least two of the world’s currently most active volcanoes. Its Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) and in particular, the institu- te’s branch based in the city of Catania, Sicily, (INGV-CT) oversees the notorious Mount Etna and Stromboli volcanoes as well as the somewhat less smoking and bubbling Aeolian Islands. The Institute’s consistent use of thermal imaging and hence its cooperation with FLIR Systems started 2001. |