A tiltmeter on Mauna Loa, used to predict eruptions by measuring very small changes in the profile of the mountain. A tiltmeter is a sensitive inclinometer designed to measure very small changes from the vertical level, either on the ground or in structures.
Mr. Billion - 1977: Filming was done at the Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds and the Petaluma Speedway. Cujo - 1983: Stephen King's horror flick about a rabies infested St. Bernard featured the Scott Ranch Hills off of Corona Rd. Explorers - 1985: A very young Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix starred in this absurd SciFi movie.
The Abyss âs underwater scenes were filmed in an uncompleted nuclear power station. The Duke Power Companyâs Cherokee Power Station never went on line and was subsequently abandoned only to be snapped up by movie entrepreneur Earl Owensby â owner of the Owensby Studios in North Carolina.e rented the facility out to The Abyss âs production company, who built the filmâs âDeepcoreâ sets inside the two gigantic concrete tanks. When filled, they became, at 7.5 million gallons and 2.6 million gallons, two of the largest freshwater containers in the world.