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Ship monitors showing ship location

Contour map of JOIDES Resolution's exact location

The ship’s TV monitors on each level show the exact location of JOIDES Resolution with a red circle. This contour map shows JOIDES Resolution’s position at site U1520, just to the left of an ancient volcano called a seamount.

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Rights: The International Ocean Discovery Program, Aliki Weststrate
Published: 10 April 2018Size: 1.76 MB
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