A long mountain range on the ocean floor, extending almost continuously through the North and South Atlantic Oceans, the Indian Ocean, and the South Pacific Ocean. A deep rift valley is located at its center, from which magma flows and forms new oceanic crust. As the magma cools and hardens...
Its location is key: the "City" sits alongside an underwater mountain range known as the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, which straddles the boundary between tectonic plates that are spreading apart. This process spews up molten magma that eventually cools to form mountains. ...
Welcome to the Underwater Photography of Stephen Brunson. Here you'll find the best gallery of Ocean Photos on the web, including photos from the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Coral Sea, Caribbean, and the Sea of Cortez. Great White Sharks (Carcharodon carcharias), Blue Sharks...
They were fished in the North Atlantic for their oily livers until 1960. A limited harvest still occurs in Greenland, and the species is sometimes encountered as bycatch in fisheries that occur within its geographical range. Sign up for the Live Science daily newsletter now Get the world’s ...
The fjord is surrounded by mountain ridges and has been favored as a safe anchorage by whalers and seafarers through history, hence the name Trygghamna—Safe haven—in Norwegian. The wreck rests at 30–40 m water depth on a shallow shelf-like area on the east side of the fjord. The ...