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Seafloor image mosaic acquired using AUV ABE.

Seafloor image mosaic acquired using AUV ABE.
Seafloor image mosaic acquired using AUV ABE.
Seafloor image mosaic acquired using AUV ABE.
Seafloor image mosaic acquired using AUV ABE.
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Seafloor image mosaic acquired using AUV ABE.
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12/15/2009
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Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 47, No. 3, Back Cover:
Oceanographers call it “mowing the lawn.” The WHOI-operated deep-sea vehicle called ABE pursued a systematic track up and down a swath of the volcanic Mid-Atlantic Ridge, midway between Africa and South America, snapping digital images of the seafloor as it went. Some 3,000 overlapping images were made into this photomosaic, encompassing roughly 15.4 acres or 6.25 hectares. Working with WHOI volcanologist Adam Soule, summer student fellow Garrett Mitchell color-coded the map according to seafloor features. Blue=sheet lava; green=lobate lava flows; red=pillow lavas; purple=jumbled formations; gray=areas affected by hydrothermal vents. See story on page 45.
Courtesy of Tim Shank
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