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pl23_expl1238.jpg

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Description

Galapagos 2005 Expedition. The EM-300 multibeam data collected during thecruise revealed these two back-to-back calderas. The calderas were initiallydiscovered in 2003 by K. Hoernle,(PI, IFM- Geomar, Kiel), R. Werner (ChiefScientist, IFM- Geomar, Kiel), D. Christie (OSU) and colleagues. In a contestfor school children the calderas were named 'los huellos' - the footprints.

Credit

UCSB, Univ. S. Carolina, NOAA, WHOI.

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space

Keywords

Ocean Exploration