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2016 Deepwater Exploration
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2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Mariana
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Lumpy manganese crusted outcrops transitioning into sediment covered seafloorwith ripples.
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A bamboo whip coral - family Isididae - in a field of manganese coated deadsponge stalks.
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Approaching an inactive vent site.
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No biota on this vent site indicates that it is extinct or inactive at this time.
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Extinct hydrothermal chimneys with little associated biota.
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Extinct chimneys.
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Gastropods at vent site.
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A gastropod crawling on hydrothermally altered rock on the side of achimney.
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A nice profile view of a gastropod at an inactive vent site.
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Rock structures at the side of an inactive vent.
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Anemones - Marianactis bythios - and white Munidopsis squat lobsters onhydrothermally altered rock below active venting site.
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Anemones - Marianactis bythios - and white Munidopsis squat lobsters onhydrothermally altered rock below active venting site. The species facieschanges as one moves up the hydrothermal chimney. Note the squat lobsterriding on Deep Discoverer.
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A black smoker is emitting mineral-laden water on the side of this chimneystructure. Besides squat lobster seen to the bottom right, there are brachyuran crabs and masses of shrimp living on the bacterial mat (white area.)
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Fantastic spires adorn this active hydrothermal chimney.
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Fantastic spires adorn this active hydrothermal chimney.
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An array of hydrothermal chimneys and spires with a blacksmoker in the center foreground spewing forth minerals and super-heated water.
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An array of hydrothermal chimneys and spires with a black
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An array of hydrothermal chimneys and spires with a black
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An array of hydrothermal chimneys and spires with a black
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An array of hydrothermal chimneys and spires with a black
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