Watching the next Hawaiian island.Watching the next Hawaiian island Like a baby baboon baboon, any of the large, powerful, ground-living monkeys of the genus Papio, also called dog-faced monkeys. Five subspecies live in Africa, with one species extending into the Arabian peninsula. riding on its mother's back, Loihi seamount Lōʻihi is a seamount and undersea volcano in the Hawaiian archipelago, located at 18.92° N, 155.27° W — roughly 30 km (19 mi) south of the southeast coast of the Island of Hawai is a mere infant perched on the flank of Hawaii's "Big Island." But this young underwater volcano is still growing and may top the ocean waves in 50,000 years. To study Loihi's behavior, geophysicists plan in the next two years to set up an unmanned observatory at the volcano's summit, located about 35 kilometers southeast of Hawaii's shore beneath some 1,000 meters of water. AT&T has donated 40 kilometers of electro-optical cable for connecting an onshore station with the observatory. The cable will transmit electricla power down to the observatory and carry back real-time information from the instruments. Fred K. Duennebier and Alexander Malahoff of the University of Hawaii (body, education) University of Hawaii - A University spread over 10 campuses on 4 islands throughout the state. http://hawaii.edu/uhinfo.html. See also Aloha, Aloha Net. in Honolulu say Loihi represents an ideal spot for a seafloor observatory. It's the only known example of an active underwater volcano in U.S. territorial waters territorial waters: see waters, territorial. territorial waters Waters under the sovereign jurisdiction of a nation or state, including both marginal sea and inland waters. , and the seamount seamount Large submarine volcanic mountain rising at least 3,000 ft (1,000 m) above the surrounding seafloor; smaller submarine volcanoes are called sea knolls, and flat-topped seamounts are called guyots. Seamounts are abundant and occur in all major ocean basins. sits relatively close to land. The researchers plan to install seismometers, thermal sensors, chemical detectors, video cameras and even a small rover to monitor the seamount's volcanic activities. |
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