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BSU scientists record the Hunga Tonga eruption in Stanley, Idaho!

By Samantha Wright
Published March 8, 2022 at 5:15 PM MST
Work in cryoscience requires accessing remote field sites in winter. Zach (middle) visits his instruments with skis.
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Work in cryoscience requires accessing remote field sites in winter. Zach (middle) visits his instruments with skis.

Earlier this year, Boise State PhD geophysics student Zach Keskinen was studying very low frequency sounds up at Banner Summit not far from Stanley. As part of his research…he buried special microphones in the snowpack to record the sounds of things like avalanches. It just so happens those mics also captured the sound made by an erupting underwater volcano in the island nation of Tonga.
Zach joins Samatha Wright along with Volcanologist Dr. Jeffrey Johnson…who co-operates BSU’s infrasound lab…and spends his time studying volcanoes to talk about their experience.

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As Senior Producer of our live daily talk show Idaho Matters, I’m able to indulge my love of storytelling and share all kinds of information (I was probably a Town Crier in a past life!). My career has allowed me to learn something new everyday and to share that knowledge with all my friends on the radio.
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