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Galapagos Rift Expedition 2011
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A field of extinct sulfide chimneys, several meters high,rise above the surrounding seafloor. The pink staining is a combinationof biological and chemical processes.
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Apex of extinct sulfide chimney, several meters high,rises above the surrounding seafloor. The coloration is a combinationof biological and chemical processes.
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Inactive sulfide chimneys along the pinnacle of one tall extinct sulfidespire. It is likely that these once had billows of superheated hydrothermalfluid emanating from them. They form when minerals in the hot fluid precipitateout upon contact with se
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Inactive sulfide chimneys along the pinnacle of one tall extinct sulfidespire. It is likely that these once had billows of superheated hydrothermalfluid emanating from them. They form when minerals in the hot fluid precipitateout upon contact with se
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Inactive sulfide chimneys along the pinnacle of one tall extinct sulfidespire. It is likely that these once had billows of superheated hydrothermalfluid emanating from them. They form when minerals in the hot fluid precipitateout upon contact with se
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Rugged lava cliff face with small tube worms and white holothurian
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Microscopic microbial material often lines cracks and vent openings in thebasaltic seafloor lava following volcanic eruptions.
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Microscopic microbial material often lines cracks and vent openings in thebasaltic seafloor lava following volcanic eruptions.
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Bacterial mat covering basaltic rocks and white vent crabs
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Vent shrimp and crabs on rock covered with microbial material
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Vent shrimp on gray rock surface
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Smooth fairly new black shiny lava overlying angular lava boulder field.
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Small anemones and small tube worms on rock race
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Pillow lavas overlying angular rock face in relatively biota poor area
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Lone lava boulder lying on ridge of angular volcanic rock.
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Dead broken clam shells indicating an area of previous hydrothermal venting.
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An open lava tube. This collapsed feature often occurs when the outer edges of a flow are quickly cooled by contact with seawater. The insulated lava insideremains viscous and eventually recedes, creating a void.
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Antipatharian sea whip coral colonizing area of large pillow lava formations.Red shrimp seen to left of base of coral.
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Hydrothermal 'smoke, really mineral-laden vent fluids, rising into water column at Tempus Fugit vent field.
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In a hydrothermal venting fog cloud with much particulate matter raining down.
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