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| Computer Schematic of World's Biggest Volcano (Image: National Geographic) |
Have you ever seen a volcano? I've seen some dormant ones, such as those in the Pacific Northwest and the guardians of Mexico City. I've been in the neighborhood of one live volcano: Vesuvius. (It's easy to forget that Italy is a very active seismic zone.) However, many of the world's biggest volcanoes are not exactly readily available for the layperson to view. That's because they're under water.
In fact, the world's biggest volcano is somewhere off the coast of Japan, according to a Pierre Barthelemy blog posted in the French newspaper Le Monde. (For those who can't read French, the blog's story is based on a recent piece in the publication Nature Geoscience.) The volcano's striking dimensions seem like a flight of fantasy more akin to King Kong than a sedate Saturday night PBS science program. The article is a humbling reminder that humans still know very little about the marine world and the ocean's depths.
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