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Gulf of Mexico 2014 Expedition
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Golden crab (Chaceon fenneri) on side of small pock mark in sediment.
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Upper slope covered with paramuricid corals while evidence of small sedimentslide with broken rock and mudstone is downslope.
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Pockmark with bacterial mat. Are these pockmarks caused by escapingmethane, biological excavation, or some other mechanism?
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Multi-beam map showing ROV transect on April 16.
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Two nearly parallel lines scar the seafloor in an area nearly devoid of life.Were these lines caused by a creature passing through, sediment transport,or perhaps even human activity such as longline operations.
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A hole excavated possibly by biological activity filled with sargassum weeddebris wafting down from the surface.
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Remnants of a glass sponge is the only apparent evidence of large faunaexisting on this slope with large mudstone cobbles.
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A small white coral bush and numerous small tubeworms protruding above thebottom are the primary life forms seen in this slope area with mudstonecobbles.
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A few small corals and a large feather star crinoid are seen on this slope withbroken rock and a sediment chute bisecting the image.
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Little evidence of life can be seen on this relatively steep slope.
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Dipping strata can be seen on the right hand mound in this area of relativelylifeless white mounds.
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Mysterious paleodictyons. These small arrays of seemingly biologically produced borings have mystified geologists and marine biologists. This may be the firsttime evidence of this life form has been found off the oceanicridge system.
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Mysterious paleodictyons. These small arrays of seemingly biologically produced borings have mystified geologists and marine biologists. This may be the firsttime evidence of this life form has been found off the oceanicridge system.
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Mysterious paleodictyons. These small arrays of seemingly biologically produced borings have mystified geologists and marine biologists. This may be the firsttime evidence of this life form has been found off the oceanicridge system.
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Mysterious paleodictyons. These small arrays of seemingly biologically produced borings have mystified geologists and marine biologists. This may be the firsttime evidence of this life form has been found off the oceanicridge system.
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Mounds with dipping strata in an area relatively devoid of benthic life.
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An odd array of lines probably caused by some form of benthic fauna.These are reminiscent of Nazca lines, particularly the bird wings.Why do they only extend through a semi-circle instead of completing the circle?
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Small mounds in a flat sedimented area swept by currents as shown by theripple pattern.
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A large cratered hole. Probably caused by biological activity. The crater isfilled with sargassum weed and seems to have an exit pathextending to the upper left.
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A second semi-circular pattern of lines reminiscent of Nazca lines, particularly the bird wings. See expn2432.
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