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Ring of Fire 2002 Expedition. Automated Benthic Explorer (ABE) Imagenex pencil-beam sonar image showing the crest of Southern Explorer Ridge and the location of Magic Mountain hydrothermal site. The image is gridded at 4-meter pixel cell size. Purple and dark blue colors indicate deepest depths. Note that the position of Magic Mountain is on the flank of the axial rift valley.

Image ID: expl1555, Voyage To Inner Space - Exploring the Seas With NOAA Collect


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