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Undersea Volcanic Eruption
A robot has recorded the deepest erupting undersea volcano ever seen, capturing for the first time fiery molten lava bubbles 4,000 feet beneath the Pacific.
- West Mata Volcano (the white ellipse on this bathymetric map) is not the largest volcano in the northeast Lau Basin, but appears to be the most active. Map represents the area visited and mapped on two recent expeditions. Summit of West Mata Volcano is nearly one mile deep, the base is nearly 2 miles deep. Tonga Trench (north and east of the expedition area) is nearly seven miles deep.read moreNOAAShare
- Summit of West Mata Volcano, shown in red, is nearly a mile below the ocean surface (3,882 feet), and the base, shown in blue, descends to nearly two miles deep. Eruptions occurred at several places along the summit, in an area about 100 yards. The volcano has a six-mile-long rift zone running along its spine in a SW/NE orientation.read moreNOAAShare
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Undersea Volcanic Eruption
A robot has recorded the deepest erupting undersea volcano ever seen, capturing for the first time fiery molten lava bubbles 4,000 feet beneath the Pacific.
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