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Hawaii hotspot

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Description: The trail of underwater mountains created as the tectonic plate moved across the Hawaii hotspot over millions of years, known as the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain, or the Emperor Seamounts.
Title: Hawaii hotspot
Credit: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/image/2minrelief.html
Author: National Geophysical Data Center/USGS
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