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Galapagos Rift Expedition 2002. This multibeam map produced by Dan Scheierportrays convincing evidence in the form of a split volcano that new seafloor isbeing generated on the Galapagos Rift and spreading away from the axis. Thenorthern half of the 300-meter high volcano is in the Cocos Plate while thesouthern half is on the Nazca Plate. (Image credit: Image courtesy of UCSB, Univ. S. Carolina, NOAA, WHOI.)