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A slab of mudstone, possibly part of landslide debris. The orange coloredmaterial is probably of biological origin.
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Layers of mudstone or perhaps volcanic ash flows.
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Three layers of rock, each with distinct characteristics.
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Relatively large sand waves on the seafloor indicating high current regime in this area.
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A live clam is inspected on the seafloor at Kawio Barat. Many of these wereseen just sitting on the seafloor as opposed to buried in sediment.
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Shrimp in vicinity of hydrothermal vent on Kawio Barat
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Shrimp and rivulets of moten sulphur at Kawio Barat. Molten sulphur at hightemperature is black while the yellow sulphur indicates a lower temperature when molten. Diffuse vent fluids in the area promote the growth of bacteria,attracting dense popu
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A nearby hydrothermal vent, a scale worm, shrimp, and precipitates of nativesulfur at a vent field on Kawio Barat.
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A vent shrimp on a carpet of granular material in the Kawio Barat vent field.
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A hydrothermal spire covered with barnacles on Kawio Barat.
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Barnacles feeding at the hydrothermal field at Kawio Barat. These barnacles are stalked, which most likely benefits the barnacle by getting it off the seafloor and into the water column, raising its likelihood of encountering passingplankton while f
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Orange iron oxide hydrothermally altered rock with white bacterial materialgrowing. Small orange coated creature in lower left center is bristle worm.
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Barnacles attached to hydrothermal vent spires feeding at Kawio Barat.
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Feeding barnacles and some vent shrimp seen at Kawio Barat.
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Feeding barnacles and some vent shrimp seen at Kawio Barat. The tentacles, orcirri, of the barnacles, extend like blooming flowers, then fold back into theshell. The white fluff on the cirri are filaments of bacteria that grow in thepassing vent wat
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Barnacles attached to hydrothermal vent spires feeding at Kawio Barat. Curiously, the density of barnacles decreases with height and at a color change on thelarge vent spire in the right center of the image.
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Feeding barnacles in close proximity to thermal vent (note shimmeringwater).
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The first animals sighted on this initial dive to Kawio Barat were clamssparsely scattered over the sediment and white mats, both of which use ventfluids as energy for associated microbes.
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Shrimp seemingly covered with precipitated material? absorbed ingested material? near vent at Kawio Barat
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Shrimp seemingly covered with precipitated material? absorbed ingested material? near vent at Kawio Barat
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