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Last Updated: Wednesday November 19 2008 10:19 GMT

Helicopter flies into volcano

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A Scottish scientist has won an award for inventing a new way of studying volcanoes.

Dr Andrew McGonigle uses a helicopter with a specialist computer attached to fly over the volcano.

The information gathered helps experts predict when the volcano might erupt, so they can warn people to get away in time.

Pictures from Proudfoot productions

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