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View molten sulfur and volcanic gases erupt through an undersea vent near the Mariana Islands

View molten sulfur and volcanic gases erupt through an undersea vent near the Mariana Islands

Molten sulfur and volcanic gases bubbling out of an undersea vent near the Mariana Islands.
Major funding for this expedition was provided by NOAA Ocean Exploration Program and NOAA Vents Program; video clips edited by Bill Chadwick, Oregon State University/NOAA
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Transcript

SPEAKER 1: Look at this stuff. Oh my God! This whole lake is undulating.

SPEAKER 2: It has gas coming up through the sulfur. Black though. Black--black and yellow.

SPEAKER 1: Oh yeah. It's black, that's where it confused me at first. The whole thing is moving.

SPEAKER 2: The whole thing looks like it's filling up a little . . . Whoa, that's cool! That was a great big . . . the whole surface kind of blew up and then all that gas came out.

SPEAKER 1: Over there, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER 2: Look--look at that camera. See the whole surface a little better now. Yeah, back out like that, then you can see the whole thing kind a . . .

SPEAKER 1: The crust is rebreaking and forming. Look at that. Ah! That's incredible.