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This satellite image of the summit of Mauna Loa overlaid with contour lines helps illustrate why volcanic emissions from the summit rarely reach the observatory where atmospheric carbon dioxide is measured.
NASA Earth Observatory image by Robert Simmon & Jesse Allen, using ALI data from the EO-1 team. Caption by Rebecca Lindsey.
Published March 19, 2010 Data acquired December 6, 2006