Seismic Water (IMAGE) Massachusetts Institute of Technology Caption MIT scientists find seismic imaging is blind to water, which may help researchers reinterpret structures within the Earth, including at mid-ocean ridges, where it was thought that magma, welling up from the interior, contained trace amounts of water. The new findings suggest this rising magma may instead consist of melt. Credit Christine Daniloff Usage Restrictions Images for download are made available to non-commercial entities, press and the general public under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives license. You may not alter the images provided, other than to crop them to size. A credit line must be used when reproducing images; if one is not provided below, credit the images to "MIT." License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.