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Galapagos Rift Expedition 2011
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One of the largest concentrations of Riftia observed, with anemones andmussels colonizing in close proximity.
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One of the largest concentrations of Riftia observed, with anemones andmussels colonizing in close proximity.
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One of the largest concentrations of Riftia observed, with anemones andmussels colonizing in close proximity.
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One of the largest concentrations of Riftia observed, with anemones andmussels colonizing in close proximity.
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One of the largest concentrations of Riftia observed, with anemones andmussels colonizing in close proximity.
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One of the largest concentrations of Riftia observed, with anemones andmussels colonizing in close proximity.
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One of the largest concentrations of Riftia observed, with anemones andmussels colonizing in close proximity.
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One of the largest concentrations of Riftia observed, with anemones andmussels colonizing in close proximity.
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Closeup of a Riftia tube worm's red gas exchange or 'plume' extending from itstube. The blurring to the left and right is caused by the vent fluids activelymixing with the seawater.
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One of the largest concentrations of Riftia observed, with anemones andmussels colonizing in close proximity.
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A thick pocket of young mussels inhabiting a cleft in the seafloor at theTempus Fugit vent site.
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A tight aggregation of Riftia tube worms blurred by hydrothermal fluidsemanating from cracks in the rock. Several crabs and shrimp can be seenclinging to the tube structures.
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Little Herc over an assemblage of Riftia tube worms.
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Riftia tube worms at an active venting site.
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Even here, at the edge of creation, human trash finds its way to the seafloor.
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Oblique angle view showing gridded EM102 multibeam bathymetry alongWestern Galapagos Rift. The spreading center is clearly visible as the narrowvalley along the shallowest part of the axis.
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EM102 multibeam map of the tallest seamount in the Paramount Seamount chain.
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