The R/V Thompson set sail at 1:30 pm local time on June 12th. Most people in the science party were able to take a short break and watch the ship leave the wharf in Nuku'alofa and admire the smaller islands on the way out to sea.
Vent Fields of the Eastern Lau Spreading Center
Image made with GeoMapApp, www.geomapapp.org (after Ferrini et al., 2008)
Black Smoker Chimney
