<p>Behold, the West Mata ocean volcano eruption: Over 50 hours (!) of hi-def footage was captured of this western Pacific ocean volcano, which is 1,200 meters underwater, by a remotely operated vehicle (ROV)—named Jason—from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The footage was <a href="http://www.nature.com/news/2009/091217/full/news.2009.1150.html" title="">unveiled</a> recently at the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco. Related Content: Discoblog: <a href="/planet-earth/how-to-date-an-ancient-volcanic-eruption-step-1-use-fish-sauce" title="">How to Date an Ancient Volcanic Eruption: Step 1, Use Fish Sauce</a> Discoblog: <a href="/environment/mining-mistake-may-have-set-off-massive-mud-eruption" title="">Mining Mistake May Have Set Off Massive Mud Eruption</a> Discoblog: <a href="/technology/the-answer-to-oil-prices-xxxtreme-energy" title="">The Answer to Oil Prices? XXXTreme Energy!</a></p><div class="vert-display-toggle collapsible relative flex flex-col items-center "><div class="vert-unit mt-4 mb-3 top-20"><div ad-type="mobile-desktop" class="ad-wrapper vert min-h-boombox flex items-start justify-center" data-ad-mapping="inline" data-ad-slot="Discover/inline-ad" id="div-inline-ad-0"></div></div><span aria-label="Advertisement" class="text-ad mt-1 text-[11px] uppercase">Advertisement</span></div><p><em>Video: </em><a href="http://www.nature.com/nature/newsvideo/West_Mata_eruption.mov" title="">NSF &amp; NOAA</a><em> via YouTube / </em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/djxatlanta" title="">djxatlanta </a></p>

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Behold, the West Mata ocean volcano eruption: Over 50 hours (!) of hi-def footage was captured of this western Pacific ocean volcano, which is 1,200 meters underwater, by a remotely operated vehicle (ROV)—named Jason—from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The footage was unveiled recently at the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco. Related Content: Discoblog: How to Date an Ancient Volcanic Eruption: Step 1, Use Fish Sauce Discoblog: Mining Mistake May Have Set Off Massive Mud Eruption Discoblog: The Answer to Oil Prices? XXXTreme Energy! Video: NSF & NOAA via YouTube / djxatlanta

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