Hawaiian volcanoes are rightly famous for eruptions along their rift zones — geologic structures that ... and vertically beneath the ground. When a dike reaches the surface, it often erupts ...

including undiscovered shipwrecks and unexplored geological formations, such as the recent discovery. While NOAA calls the discovery a solitary dike, recent headlines have dubbed the uncovered ...

“What’s unusual about this dike is that the (camera ... on the planet and harbor numerous protected species, wondrous geological formations, and undiscovered shipwrecks,” NOAA reports.