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Blue Hole
Caption:
Filtered sunlight gives off a blue aura inside a fumarole (an ice tube formed around a volcanic steam vent) atop Mt. Erebus in Antarctica, the Earth’s southernmost active volcano. The United States maintains three research stations on Antarctica. The National Science Foundation operates them all.
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Credit: |
NSF/USAP photo by Aaron Spitzer/RPSC (1990) |
Decade of Image: |
1990 - 1999 |
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Categories:
POLAR SCIENCE / Antarctic
Formats Available:
Restrictions:
No additional restrictions--beyond NSF's general restrictions--have been placed on this image. For a list of general restrictions that apply to this and all images in the NSF Image Library, see the section "Conditions".
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