A Mystery to Solve

3D map of Axial Volcano
Oblique view of the seafloor around Axial Volcano (white area near the center).
In this computer generated image blue areas are deep and white are shallow.

Several months ago, thousands of small earthquakes were detected at Axial Seamount, an active submarine volcano. This may mean that an eruption has occurred, but not necessarily. Your mission is to go to Axial Volcano and find out what happened there.

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