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An undersea volcano discovered near Christmas Island looks like the Eye of Sauron

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Phys.org

Publication Date
2021-07-22

Looking like the Eye of Sauron from the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, an ancient undersea volcano was slowly revealed by multibeam sonar 3,100 meters below our vessel, 280 kilometers southeast of Christmas Island. This was on day 12 of our voyage of exploration to Australia's Indian Ocean Territories, aboard CSIRO's dedicated ocean research vessel, the RV Investigator.

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https://phys.org/news/2021-07-undersea-volcano-christmas-island-eye.html