Boiling of vent fluids is relatively rare. Here, the manipulator arm of PISCES
V holds a gas-sampling device over a vent where bubbles are streaming out of the
the seafloor.
Image ID: expl1848, Voyage To Inner Space - Exploring the Seas With NOAA Collect Location: New Zealand, Kermadec Arc Photo Date: 2005 April 18 Credit: New Zealand-American Submarine Ring of Fire 2005 Exploration; NOAA Vents Program