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Galapagos Rift Expedition 2011
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A Brachyuran crab rests on rock near a site of diffused venting. These blindcrabs are typically found inhabiting mussel beds close to hydrothermal venting.
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Microscopic microbial material often lines cracks and vent openings in thebasaltic seafloor lava following volcanic eruptions. This area has aparticularly interesting pattern of microbial coverage.
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Shrimp and crabs colonizing a rock outcrop at a diffuse venting site.
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Brachyuran crabs rest on rock near a site of diffused venting. These blindcrabs are typically found inhabiting mussel beds close to hydrothermal venting.
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Brachyuran crabs are seen on a rock surface near a site of diffused venting.These blind crabs are typically found inhabiting mussel beds close to hydrothermal venting.
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A pinkish fish and a blind Brachyuran crab seen near a site of diffused venting.
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A Brachyuran crab rests on rock near a site of diffused venting. These blindcrabs are typically found inhabiting mussel beds close to hydrothermal venting.
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A Brachyuran crab rests on rock near a site of diffused venting. These blindcrabs are typically found inhabiting mussel beds close to hydrothermal venting.
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Hydrothermal venting as noted by shimmering water, Riftia pachyptila tube worms, and carpets of small anemones covering bare basalt surface.
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Agglomeration of white brachyuran crabs on outskirts of vent field. Pillowlavas either hydrothermally altered or covered with either chemical material orbacterial mat.
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Field of rounded pillow lavas near hydrothermal vent site.
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Hydrothermally altered lava either near active vent site or perhaps atextinct vent site.
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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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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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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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Spaghetti worms cover a basalt rock surface
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Spaghetti worms and a large red shrimp on a basalt rock surface
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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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An eel pout over a relatively smooth lava bottom in the vicinity of hydrothermalventing as the water is murky and filled debris, perhaps chemical precipitates from vent water.
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A lava collapse feature in the vicinity of a hydrothermal vent. Murky waterwith much material probable result of hydrothermal venting.
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