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A nearly linear furrow in the seafloor. This feature appears to be veryasymmetric with a very narrow width and long lineal extent. Could this becaused by tectonism, by biological agents, or by sedimentary erosive activity?
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Layers of mud exposed.
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Area on right appears to be a flow of material that has covered up much material.
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A series of large ripples on the seafloor that is reminiscent of gravity wavesin clouds.
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Looking down on ripple patterns in sediment interspersed with boulders.
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Iron oxide hydrothermal alteration of rock outcrop.
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Iron oxide hydrothermal alteration of rock outcrop. The bright yellow area maybe bacterial mat material.
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Hydrothermal alteration around a crevice. Perhaps this was the site of a warmhydrothermal spring.
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Ledge with iron oxide staining. Small fauna including various sponges andcorals can be seen.
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Iron oxide staining on edge of rock outcrop.
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Rocks with iron oxide staining. A brownish red anemone is seen above the orange rocks.
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A small trench, perhaps caused by a whale foraging along bottom, witha red shrimp.
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The equivalent of a deep sea crop circle. Did biological or geologicalphenomena cause this circular array of holes? Probably biological cause but why would a group of animals or a single animal excavate a number of holes in thiscircular pattern?
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The equivalent of a deep sea crop circle. Did biological or geologicalphenomena cause this circular array of holes? Probably biological cause but why would a group of animals or a single animal excavate a number of holes in thiscircular pattern?
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A linear slit-like crevice in an otherwise undisturbed seafloor. Clouds of dust probably caused by Little Hercules disturbing seafloor.
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A wall of somewhat columnar jointed volcanic rock. A lone white sponge adornsthe wall on the upper right.
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Angular boulders of volcanic rocks.
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Angular boulders of volcanic rocks laying over gravel and sand bottom. Aneel-like fish is in the bottom center.
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Small conical mounds with holes in the top, probably some sort of animal burrow. The right-most mound is reminiscent of a bee-hive.
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Small conical mounds with holes in the top, probably some sort of animal burrow.
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