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Last Updated: Wednesday November 19 2008 10:19 GMT

Helicopter flies into volcano

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.

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