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17.05.2012

English physicist Fred Prata, who works at the Norwegian Institute for Atmospheric Research, has created an infrared digital camera mounted under the wing of an aircraft that sees a volcanic cloud of ash and cinders from afar.

As you know, such a cloud from an Icelandic volcano caused a crisis in air traffic in almost all of Europe in the spring of 2010. In an aircraft flying at an altitude of 10 kilometers, the camera is able to detect ash from a distance of 100 kilometers or more, giving the pilot 10 minutes to maneuver. The system was tested in November 2011 over Mount Etna, which was just smoking at the time.

According to the inventor, if all airliners are provided with installations, in the event of eruptions, flights will not have to be canceled. And if you put infrared cameras on at least a hundred regular aircraft, this will be enough for the operational study and forecast of the situation over the whole of Europe.

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