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Galapagos Rift Expedition 2002. This multibeam map produced by Dan Scheier portrays convincing evidence in the form of a split volcano that new seafloor is being generated on the Galapagos Rift and spreading away from the axis. The northern half of the 300-meter high volcano is in the Cocos Plate while the southern half is on the Nazca Plate.

Image ID: expl1529, Voyage To Inner Space - Exploring the Seas With NOAA Collect
Photo Date: 2002
Credit: Image courtesy of UCSB, Univ. S. Carolina, NOAA, WHOI.

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