Ocean Realm
continue working. Except for one torrential rainfall that surprised us in the middle of the night, the April weather was quite pleasant, allowing is to dive every day. The one rainfall, however, was so strong [...] Presently I am working on the most interesting hot springs I have yet encountered. Ambitle Island, one of the Feni islands in eastern Papua New Guinea, is an active island arc volcano that last erupted [...] more than 60 degrees C are reached. In the thermal areas of Tutum Bay, two types of venting occur. One is the discharge of a clear fluid from discrete orifices which are 10 to 15 cm in diameter. The temperature