Extraordinary numbers of mussels are fighting for a piece of real estate on this
rocky outcrop where warm hot-spring water discharges from the seafloor.
Image ID: expl1820, Voyage To Inner Space - Exploring the Seas With NOAA Collect Location: New Zealand, Kermadec Arc Photo Date: 2005 April 12 Credit: New Zealand-American Submarine Ring of Fire 2005 Exploration; NOAA Vents Program
