---------- Joe K Revesz <joerevesz@...> writes:
Rob Petrovich writes:
>>      The Mist Barrier is frequented by reefs built up
>> from this lava (and occasionally leveled by an
>> explosive eruption).  The water sometimes comes to a
>> boil, but the greatest danger for sailors is the
>According to the LRH text on page 90, the mist is steam, therefore, I
>would assume, the water is almost constantly at a boil.  The text even
>says that the sea boils.

So, Rob had it right, but reversed?  The Mist Barrier is over the expansion side of the plate.  That would be a string of volcanoes, like the coast of Iceland or the Hawaiian chain. And the Peaks would be the result of plate collision, along the lines of the earthly Himalayas.

Jack