An expedition to the 9N Overlapping Spreading Center that is going on right now! You can catch daily dispatches from Laura Preston, an educator from UNH/Salem High School in New Hampshire.
For a marine geologist, this sonar system helps us realize a fantasy - pulling the plug on the ocean and draining the water out so we can see the seafloor features.
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