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.)
4/10/2019 10:52:07 AM
Date: 20160501T224656Z
Credit: NOAA/OAR/OER, 2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas, Leg 1.