Big Picture Earth

The Young Earth Of The Reykjanes Peninsula

At first approach, the Rekyjanes Peninsula appears to be a motionless, post-apocalyptic landscape. A closer look reveals evidence of the 10,000 mile long Mid-Atlantic Ridge and plate tectonics: sulfur springs, fumaroles, geysers, and the reds, oranges and whites of microbial thermophiles.

30:01 | 2016

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