NASA Drops "Spiders" Into Volcano

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August 13, 2009—NASA helicopters have lowered about a dozen monitoring "spiders" in and around Mount St. Helens's volcanic crater to better predict major eruptions.

© 2009 National Geographic; Video from NASA/JPL/USGS/GSFC

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