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Pacific Ring of Fire Expedition. Views of the plume coming out of Brimstone Pitcrater near the summit of Northwest Rota-1 volcano. The crater rim is visiblein the foreground in images #4 and #5. Burst of rocks and droplets of moltensulfur were intermittently erupted from this crater while the remotely operatedvehicle ROPOS was on the edge of the crater. (Image credit: Pacific Ring of Fire 2004 Expedition. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration; Dr. Bob Embley, NOAA PMEL, Chief Scientist)