02.01.01.41.A — Landscapes — Hawai‘ian Volcanic Lava Meets the Ocean — PhotoPrint™

Photograph by Marc Szeglat

“There are more active volcanoes beneath the sea than on land — by two orders of magnitude.” [i.e., There are approximately 100 times more active volcanoes beneath the sea than on land.].”

Robert Duane Ballard — Retired United States Naval Officer and Professor of Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island, who is noted for his work in Underwater Archaeology, Maritime Archaeology, and Archaeology of Shipwrecks (Born 1942).


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