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pl23_expl2296.jpg

Bands of glowing magma, about 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit, are exposed asa pillow lava tube extrudes down slope

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Description

Bands of glowing magma, about 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit, are exposed asa pillow lava tube extrudes down slope. This image is approximately threefeet across in an eruptive area approximately the length of a football fieldthat runs along the summit.

Credit

NSF and NOAA

Location

Pacific Ocean, Northeast Lau Basin, Fiji area

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space

Keywords

Ocean Exploration