The viewer is looking north along the East Pacific Rise spreading center toward the mountains of the west coast of Mexico. Note the offsets in the spreading center. The North American plate is to the right (east) of the rise. The Pacific plate is to the left (west).   Shipboard multibeam bathymetry provides this closeup 3D view of the ocean floor. The seafloor seems out of focus in areas where there is no high-resolution bathymetry data available.
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Year: 2008
Details: Mid-Ocean Ridges
Media Type: Map
Data Type: Bathymetry
Device Type: Sonar:Multibeam
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Investigator: MGDS
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