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Image: Orange glow of magma from West Mata submarine volcano

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Description: Orange glow of magma is visible on left of sulfur-laden plume. Image is about six feet across in an eruptive area about 100 yards that runs along the summit. Pacific Ocean, Northeast Lau Basin, Fiji area.
Title: Orange glow of magma from West Mata submarine volcano
Credit: http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20091217_volcano2.html (direct link)
Author: NOAA/National Science Foundation
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