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To perform these measurements on the summit glacier, the equipment will need to be carried to high altitude over a terrain that can sometimes hold surprises, such as this disused ski lift hut that will be used to secure the detector. However, there's little chance of the team coming across the entrance to the centre of the Earth described by Jules Verne in his celebrated nineteenth-century masterpiece!
Carol Müller / CNRS Photothèque
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Detecting muons in Iceland
01.26.2023, by
The Editorial Team
CNRS News takes you on a trip to the foot of Snaefellsjökull, a volcano in Iceland close to the heart not only of French writer Jules Verne but also of the researchers at the Institute of Physics of the 2 Infinities (IP2I) in Lyon (central eastern France). Their goal is to obtain images of the volcano's interior, so as to monitor its dynamics as well as changes in the thickness of its glacier in real time. Our guide is Jacques Marteau, laureate of the CNRS 2022 Innovation Medal, who uses muography, an innovative technique to image the interior of structures.
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