Marker 33 Virtual Site

Marker 33 Virtual Site

Marker 33 and adjacent Cloud Vent are diffuse vent sites located on Axial’s south rift zone, in the central collapsed portion of the 1998 lava flow. At Marker 33, the seafloor is relatively flat consisting of thick slabs of sheet flow lava. Vent fluid escapes along a 5-m long crack where one lava slab is buckled and tilted up slightly. The area around the vent is highlighted by white mats of microbial growth. More ...

	Fly-through movie The Quicktime movie below allows you to get a virtual tour of the site by moving through it. Click the button at the lower left to play the movie. Both the fly-through movie and the panorama may take some time to load, so please be patient.		Panorama The Quicktime VR panorama below gives you a 360° view of the site. Click and drag your mouse inside the panorama window to look in different directions. The buttons in the bottom left zoom in or out and show hotlinks to video clips. Click on ROPOS to go between sites.

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