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Description
Ring of Fire 2002 Expedition. The ROPOS manipulator arm prepares to sample aninactive chimney. The yellow color is caused by the alteration of iron-richminerals, and the black outer crust is primarily manganese. This image wastaken by the new underwater high-resolution digital camera on ROPOS.
Collection
Voyage to Inner Space
Keywords
Ocean Exploration