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Scientists have mapped less than 10 percent of the ridge of underwater mountains in the middle of the Atlantic ocean. It is here that 95 percent of the volcanic activity on earth occurs. And it is also where the scientist Rich Lutz has tracked the remarkable evolution of bizarre creatures…
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Sometimes, it’s the supporting characters in a book that steal the show. In this case, it was Alvin. Alvin was a pioneer in the field of deep ocean exploration. I was introduced to him at a rare open house at the legendary Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. I gazed at concept plans for Alvin displayed on a bulletin board.
Alvin was one of the first deep-sea submersibles to carry scientists down to the otherworldly (literally) hydrothermal vents in the cracks in the earth’s crust. Alvin was named for oceanographer Allyn Vine, who helped develop a national program for manned undersea vehicles.
From Mary's list on the wonder of volcanoes above below ocean.
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