Scientists: Underwater volcano off Oregon Coast will erupt again soon

A “snowblower” hydrothermal vent spews hot water and white bits of bacterial mat that are blooming in the chemical-rich hot-spring water, showing that the lava flow that was erupted in 2011 at Axial Seamount is still cooling. (Image credit: Bill Chadwick, Oregon State University, Copyright Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)