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Deep-sea volcano erupts 4,000ft under the Pacific
The Times(UK) ^
| 12/18/09
| Sophie Tedmanson
Posted on 12/18/2009 9:27:04 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
December 18, 2009
Deep-sea volcano erupts 4,000ft under the Pacific
Sophie Tedmanson in Sydney
Scientists have filmed a volcanic eruption 4,000ft (1,220m) under the sea causing molten lava to flow across the deep ocean floor.
The incredible footage, recorded by a submersible robot, shows the exact moment that a deep-sea volcano erupts from the ocean floor, sending an explosion of bright red lava bubbles and plumes of smoke-like sulphur through the water.
The eruption of the West Mata volcano was filmed by US scientists in May during an underwater expedition south of Samoa. It is the deepest erupting volcano to be discovered.
It was an underwater Fourth of July, said Bob Embley, a marine geologist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which ran the expedition with the US National Science Foundation.
Since the water pressure at that depth suppresses the violence of the volcanos explosions, we could get the underwater robot within feet of the active eruption.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Technical
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; eruption; underwater; volcano
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To: TigerLikesRooster
Mother-Earth just burbed. There goes all the “Green House Gas” targets for 2009-2010!
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posted on
12/18/2009 9:29:57 AM PST
by
Tallguy
("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
12/18/2009 9:31:02 AM PST
by
colorado tanker
(What's it all about, Barrrrry? Is it just for the power, you live?)
To: Tallguy
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posted on
12/18/2009 9:33:18 AM PST
by
ExTexasRedhead
(Clean the RAT/RINO Sewer in 2010 and 2012)
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
12/18/2009 9:33:35 AM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. May yur bandwidth exceed your girth)
To: Tallguy
Yes one burb would probably eclipse all Green house gas produced by mankind in a year.
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posted on
12/18/2009 9:33:57 AM PST
by
TigerLikesRooster
(LUV DIC -- L,U,V-shaped recession, Depression, Inflation, Collapse)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Looks like the work of Bush and Cheney. Oh, those poor fishies! They’re burning UP!!!
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posted on
12/18/2009 9:34:38 AM PST
by
J40000
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
12/18/2009 9:35:18 AM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. May yur bandwidth exceed your girth)
To: TigerLikesRooster
What an amazing planet this is. God is awesome.
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posted on
12/18/2009 9:35:55 AM PST
by
FourPeas
(Why does Professor Presbury's wolfhound, Roy, endeavour to bite him?)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Aren't there thousands of ocean floor volcanic eruptions in the Arctic? Hasn't that warmed up the Arctic ocean?
Why is this not discussed when sea ice and polar bears are mentioned together in the same sentence?
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posted on
12/18/2009 9:36:24 AM PST
by
x_plus_one
(once you take the red pill; its impossible to re-submerge yourself in the lefts illusions...)
To: x_plus_one
That ought to melt some ice.
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posted on
12/18/2009 9:41:05 AM PST
by
Venturer
To: TigerLikesRooster
Yikes - Global Underwater Warming! Another crisis!!
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posted on
12/18/2009 9:41:21 AM PST
by
reagan_fanatic
(Socialism is hip until somebody loses a paycheck)
To: reagan_fanatic
Man-bear-pig needs to plug all underwater volcanic vents.
SUV’s are basically irrelevant.
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posted on
12/18/2009 9:44:35 AM PST
by
TigerLikesRooster
(LUV DIC -- L,U,V-shaped recession, Depression, Inflation, Collapse)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Well gee whiz.
Do ya THINK that maybe, just MAYBE, the ocean temps might rise just a smidgen??? We don’t have global warming, we have ocean warming...from Mother Earth, not her inhabitants.
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posted on
12/18/2009 9:44:36 AM PST
by
SueRae
To: TigerLikesRooster
News at 11:00 Algore says man causing molten lava to flow.
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posted on
12/18/2009 9:44:47 AM PST
by
Vaduz
To: TigerLikesRooster
According to the scientists, 80 per cent of eruptive activity on Earth takes place in the ocean and most volcanoes are in the deep ocean. And there's nothing we can do about it. Oh my goodness, we're doomed!
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posted on
12/18/2009 9:48:01 AM PST
by
smokingfrog
(Don't mess with the mocking bird! - http://tiny.cc/freepthis)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Absolutely amazing to see million degree lava hit cold ocean water. [/sarc off
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posted on
12/18/2009 9:49:38 AM PST
by
tx_eggman
(Obama has "Czars" because men with more integrity than he has still use the titles "Don" and "Capo")
To: Tallguy
Looks like the entrance to Hell. Marvelous video of nature at work.
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posted on
12/18/2009 10:05:24 AM PST
by
DallasDeb
(USAFA '06 Mom)
To: NormsRevenge
Thanks. Great pics and video, an amazing robot and no mention of global warming.
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posted on
12/18/2009 10:26:49 AM PST
by
browardchad
("Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own fact." - Daniel P Moynihan)
To: TigerLikesRooster
There are excellent still pictures at the NOAA website from this expedition. Ten years ago or so I was studyine Marine Biology and I wrote a paper on deep sea hydrothermal vents, black smokers as they are called. You look at the multitude of life at these deep water spots and it amazes you.
While econuts whine and wring their hands over CO2 causing the oceans to become acidic, claiming it will kill all sea life, you have to note this article that says the acidity of the water around these undersea volcanoes and vents is like battery acid, yet they are teeming with life.
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posted on
12/18/2009 10:38:10 AM PST
by
jsh3180
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