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Description
Pacific Ring of Fire Expedition. While attempting to sample an outcrop ofhydrothermally altered lava, the view changed rapidly (over a 2 minute time span) from good visibility to chunks of rock, sulfur and ash totallyobscuring the outcrop from our view . The outcrop is ~ 40 cm high. This view is is midway in the process.
Credit
Pacific Ring of Fire 2004 Expedition. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration; Dr. Bob Embley, NOAA PMEL, Chief Scientist
Display Date
2004 April
Location
Mariana Arc region, Western Pacific Ocean
Collection
Voyage to Inner Space
Ocean Exploration Collection
Modern Expeditions
Ring of Fire
Keywords
Ocean Exploration