NSF Ocean Observatories Initiative Streams Live Video of Undersea Volcano

NSF Ocean Observatories Initiative Streams Live Video of Undersea Volcano
Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:35:00 -0500

Last spring, a volcano erupted 425 kilometers (about 265 miles) off the Oregon coast and far below the surface, at Axial Seamount. No one was aware for months.

Now, the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) will survey the site and stream live video of the volcano. It's the first live video since the volcano spewed massive amounts of lava on April 6.

When NSF-funded Oregon State ...

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