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NOAA Photo Library Image - expl1164

Galapagos 2005 Expedition. Minerals precipitating out from hydrothermal vent fluids form a sedimentary blanket over the ocean floor.

Image ID: expl1164, Voyage To Inner Space - Exploring the Seas With NOAA Collect
Credit: Image courtesy of UCSB, Univ. S. Carolina, NOAA, WHOI.

Category: Ocean exploration/

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