ABE can image the seafloor in a variety of ways on a variety of scales. A bathymetric map from the Lau Basin off Fiji covers an area of about 0.6 by 0.37 miles (1 by 0.6 kilometers), showing mounds, fissures, and hydrothermal vent spires with a resolution of about 3 feet (1 meter). (Courtesy of Dana Yoerger, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)[back]
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