feasibility of landing. Captain Andresen was a tall man with a long face, grayish
brown hair, deep blue eyes, and he always wore a red or white sweatband on his
forehead (Fig. 9.7). He looked like a pirate coming from the time of the privateers
of Saint Malo.
Fig. 9.5 Aerial photograph of Mehetia Island shows a small crater 200 m in diameter (courtesy
of Nicolas Binard 1990)
Fig. 9.6 Lava tubes flowing down the slope of the Teahitia volcano at 2635 m depth (Hekinian
and Binard 2008). (Copyright IFREMER, Teahitia cruise 1989, Cyana dive Cy89-09)
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brown hair, deep blue eyes, and he always wore a red or white sweatband on his
forehead (Fig. 9.7). He looked like a pirate coming from the time of the privateers
of Saint Malo.
Fig. 9.5 Aerial photograph of Mehetia Island shows a small crater 200 m in diameter (courtesy
of Nicolas Binard 1990)
Fig. 9.6 Lava tubes flowing down the slope of the Teahitia volcano at 2635 m depth (Hekinian
and Binard 2008). (Copyright IFREMER, Teahitia cruise 1989, Cyana dive Cy89-09)
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