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Deep Sea Vent and Fauna
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Voyage
Ocean Exploration
Life In The Deep Sea
Deep Sea Ven and Cold Seep Fauna
Ocean Exploration
Ring of Fire 2006 Expedition. The plethora of squat lobsters at Seamount X,disperse as the Jason II ROV comes in for a closer view.
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Ring of Fire 2006 Expedition. A close-up view of shrimp at NW Rota-1.The reason for the difference in color is not yet clear, however one possibility is that the longer it has been since they last moulted the more material (could be sulphur or bacter
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Ring of Fire 2006 Expedition. This crab was not as lucky as Jason, itwas consumed by the molten sulfur when the crust broke. Frozen (perhapsa bad choice of words) in time in this sulfur crust, it has become a valuablescientific specimen.
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Ring of Fire 2006 Expedition. Tongue fish and crabs are part of the extensivevent community on the seafloor at Daikoku. The fish blend in well on this pebbly substrate, but it is easy to spot the larger fish in the bottom right cornerof this image. T
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NEWZEEPS (New Zealand Seeps) Expedition 2006.Hermit crab from a cold seep site sampled during seeps voyage on RV Tangaroa.Note the seep-associated bacterial filaments on its claws (furry-lookingcovering).
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