A tar lily - a flower-like extrusion of asphalt on the seafloor. Each petalof the tar lily was curved and had internal layering, a result ofde-volatilization of the asphalt rising from the sub-seafloor upon its contactwith seawater.
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Date: 20140424T162618Z
Credit: NOAA OKEANOS EXPLORER Program, Gulf of Mexico 2014 Expedition