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balloon experiment

THE BALLOON EXPERIMENTS
AT KARYMSKY VOLCANO



We have done the first-ever-made attempts to sample ash clouds of erupting volcanoes. Sampling device was carried into eruptive clouds of Karymsky volcano by tethered balloons filled with helium.



Experiment description

2003: Karymsky eruption and balloon launches

2004: Karymsky eruption and balloon launches

2005: Karymsky eruption and balloon launches