re: #3 Decatur Deb

Now it’s just a tiny spot on the Pacific, of some logistical use. Long, long ago, though, it would have seemed like a large island. The atoll is atop ancient volcanoes, which have been sinking back down for millions of years. The plasticity of the near-molten parts of the crust is such as to give way to the force of the mass above pressing down.