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Galapagos Rift Expedition 2011
Ocean Exploration
Riftia tube worms, smaller siboglinid tube worms, yellowish mussels, smallwhite anemones, scale worms,limpets, and shrimp all seen in this diversehydrothermal vent community.
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Large broken clam shells, a live clam in the bottom right corner, yellowmussel shells, small white tube worms, and white galatheid crabs.
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Carpets of small (inch-long) anemones covered rock faces adjacent tothe active venting in the Tempus Fugit vent field.
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Carpets of small (inch-long) anemones covered rock faces adjacent tothe active venting in the Tempus Fugit vent field. A polychaete worm is alsoseen in the left center.
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Carpets of small (inch-long) anemones covered rock faces adjacent tothe active venting in the Tempus Fugit vent field.
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Carpets of small (inch-long) anemones covered rock faces adjacent tothe active venting in the Tempus Fugit vent field.
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Clam shells, small white tube worms, small white anemones, and a largewhite-faced fish.
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Riftia tubeworms colonize diffuse vent habitats between broken pieces of lava.Small mussels, less than two inches, were growing in cracks adjacent tovent openings (lower right).
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Riftia pachyptila tube worms, small yellowish mussels in many of the cracks inthe rocks, limpets, and shimmering warm water emanating from an active ventingsite.
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Riftia tube worms colonize diffuse vent habitats between broken pieces of lava.Shimmering venting warm fluid is seen emanating upward through the tube worms.
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Mussels, limpets and bacterial mat
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Closeup of mussels with siphons extended for feeding. Limpets and a bristlewormare seen as well.
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Riftia pachyptila tube worms
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Riftia pachyptila tube worms
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Riftia pachyptila tube worms
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Riftia pachyptila tube worms
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Riftia pachyptila tube worms
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Riftia pachyptila tube worms
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Riftia pachyptila tube worms
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Large fields of mostly dead clams surrounded the vent field. Living clams werealso seen among the masses of empty shells.
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