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[Episode 143] In this episode, we talk with Mr. Aris Paolo Castro, an instructor at the National Institute of Geological Sciences, UP Diliman, about his study tracking how Mayon Volcano's lava dome grew and collapsed during its 2023 eruption. Using free satellite images from Landsat and Sentinel-2, the study tracked Mayon's summit from August 2022 to December 2023 and identified five phases where the dome grew and four phases where it collapsed, cross-checking each observation against PHIVOLCS's daily activity bulletins. ⌛Chapters 0:00 Introduction 2:18 How balancing teaching and grad school helped him top the 2023 geology licensure exam 7:05 The high school teacher who inspired him to pursue geology 16:45 What a "lava dome" is, and why its collapse can trigger hazardous pyroclastic flows 20:43 How a class project inspired by a Russian volcano study became a side project on Mayon 25:46 How combining satellite infrared bands turns a volcano's heat into color-coded images 39:23 What the satellite images revealed: five growth phases and four collapses of Mayon's lava dome 55:44 Advice to aspiring researchers 📚Reference: Castro AP, Jatulan PM, Principe JA, Tamondong AM. 2026. Spatiotemporal modeling of lava dome evolution of Mt. Mayon during its 2023 eruption using remote sensing data. ISPRS Ann Photogramm Remote Sens Spat Inf Sci. X-5/W4-2025:159–164. ► https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-5-W4-2025-159-2026 🎙️Follow Behind The Science Podcast on ► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/btspodcast23 ► Youtube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg3GZRd-UMScYpWlDj5T3eklUF75XPeLD&si=rg8Qf1i8k4zPnlcp ► Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4NTLrSfceKjpFvZWflzBJj?si=dbf094cba38746a0 ► Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ph/podcast/behind-the-science-podcast/id1753464681 ⚛️Learn physics with Pinoy Physicists ►https://youtube.com/@liknayan.podcast