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Mid-Cayman Rise Expedition 2011
Ocean Exploration
Preparing to launch Little Hercules
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Little Hercules seen from Seirios hovering above a giant hydrothermal spring onthe Mid-Cayman Rise.
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Seirios seen from Little Hercules in near surface waters.
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White-tip shark cruising by umbilical cord between Seirios and Little Herculeswhile in near surface waters.
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Little Hercules seen above the bottom from Seirios
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Little Hercules being deployed from the OKEANOS EXPLORER
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Little Hercules seen above the bottom from Seirios
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Seirios photograped from Little Hercules in the water column.
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Seirios photograped from Little Hercules while still secure to the shippickup cable that can be seen trending vertically to its top.
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Little Hercules seen above the bottom from Seirios
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Little Hercules seen above the bottom from Seirios
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Photomicrographs of a subsea thermophile isolated from deep-sea hydrothermalfluids. This organism eats sulfur and hydrogen and fixes its own carbonfrom carbon dioxide. (A,B) Scanning electorn micrographs, and (C,D)transmission electron micrographs
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Little Hercules seen above the bottom from Seirios
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Little Hercules seen above the bottom from Seirios
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Little Hercules photographs its own shadow as it hovers above the bottom.
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The propellers and rudders of the OKEANOS EXPLORER are seen fromLittle Hercules during a recovery operation. A white tip shark cruises in thedistance on the right side of the image.
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Two species of tube worms seen through shimmering hot venting water
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A small prickly sponge?
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These small shells were seen throughout most of the area often timescollecting in the bottom of holes and depressions.
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A fairly large tubeworm with a white gastropod shell in the left foreground.
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