Sunday, May 13, 2012

Rise and fall of marine #volcano violent rise and collapse of an underwater volcano in the Pacific Ocean

Susan Jordan

2:39 PM  -  Public
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The violent rise and collapse of an underwater volcano in the Pacific Ocean is captured in startling clarity for the first time.
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They ended up witnessing one of the fastest episodes of volcano growth ever documented on Earth. The Monowai seamount, an underwater volcano located north of New Zealand, erupted during the expedition and added about 300 million cubic feet of rock to its summit — a volume equal to 3500 ...

Alex Anderson

1:38 PM  -  Public
Radek Vik originally shared this post:
Time is flying! Can't believe this one is number 100 in my Beautiful Places album. Time to celebrate then! It doesn't get much better then fireworks and this one is positively the most beautiful I've seen. It is a sequel to my previous image. I spent about 3 hours photographing this magnificent volcano and this image is the last one from the night. It took a while to tweak the composition which was not very easy as it was completely dark and every eruption was different. Plus you cannot really refocus so changing lenses is not an option. Enjoy, share and have a great Sunday!

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