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Multibeam sonar image of undersea eruption.

Multibeam sonar image of undersea eruption.
Multibeam sonar image of undersea eruption.
Multibeam sonar image of undersea eruption.
Multibeam sonar image of undersea eruption.
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Soule, S. Adam
Multibeam sonar image of undersea eruption.
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11/27/2006
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More than two-thirds of Earth's crust is created along seafloor spreading ridges, yet scientists rarely have a chance to observe the process is action. An event along the East Pacific Rise in 2006 provided researchers with a rare opportunity to observe what happens in the immediate aftermath of an eruption. The team used multibeam sonar to compile this topographic map of a portion of the ridge where the eruptions occurred. The black line shows the extent of the eruption ? new lava flow stretched more than 18 km (11 miles) long and up to 3 km wide.
Image courtesy of Adam Soule
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