Giant volcanoes fall into a chasm in the seabed

The power of mother nature never ceases to amaze me.

Startling new images from the depths of the Pacific Ocean reveal one of Earth's most violent processes: the destruction of massive underwater mountains.

Into the abyss Where the Pacific plate collides with the Indo-Australian plate, it is forced downwards into the trench, a subduction zone, and the volcanoes are carried with it.

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True but at 5 to 8cm a year be like watching paint dry Only kidding the power of nature is truly awesome.

reply to post by tarifa37


Still better than watching the TV
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reply to post by remymartin


Very cool, interesting.

Thanks.

It sounds like major plate action is taking place. Volcanoes dragged into the fault lines. I take its we're undergoing earth changes.

reply to post by Unity_99


This is happening at 6-10 Centimeters a year. Barely a few inches. If that. It has happened for billions of years and will continue to do so. The Earth is ALWAYS changing, that is the nature of a living planet. We as humans, see mountains as massive, nigh indestructible objects...but here we see them slowly torn apart and consumed into which they left so long ago.

reply to post by remymartin


Very cool...I just finished the semester with a geology class and I had the opportunity to learn all about this!

Awesome to see it making some headlines.

6 to 10 cm. a year might not seem like much...but over the span of a few hundred thousand years...thats a huge move...relatively young as far as geology goes...but huge for sure!