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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Date: 2011 July 17
Credit: NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, Galapagos Rift Expedition 2011