Maui Media Lab PAILOLO Environmental VOG Monitoring Station
Maui Media Lab Foundation's Particulate and Atmospheric Interaction Light Obfuscation Level Observer, more easily pronounced as the PAILOLO Sensor recently made its debut at Maui Media Lab Foundation's Environmental Monitoring Station at the Keawanui Fishpond on Molokai.
Maui Media Lab's PAILOLO Sensor is used to measure atmospheric particulate levels by observing and recording light scattering and obfuscation and interaction caused by, well, atmospheric particulates, also known locally here in Hawaii as VOG.
VOG is the organic natural version of SMOG. Unlike SMOG which envelopes large cities that produce pollution from vehicles and manufacturing, VOG is good old fashioned natural sulfur dioxide, caused by the large volcanoe, known by tourists as "Hawaii", which has been and continues to erupt lava into the ocean at a, fairly remarkable, not to mention, geological rate.
And Just like SMOG, VOG combines with precipitation and moisture to make, Acid Rain.
Visiting Hawaii recently has been like visiting the planet Venus. In August. Without a Spacesuit.
On the plus side, the Sulfuric Acid does a remarkable job scrubbing out your lungs and exfoliating your complexion.
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