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Ring of Fire 2002 Expedition. Two anhydrite and sulfide chimneys at the MagicMountain area. Notice the extensive bacterial mats (white) and thebubbling chimney on the mound in the foreground. Seven of the many anhydritemounds in this region, called Majestique, were mapped and named by the Americanand Canadian collaborators on this Ocean Exploration expedition. (Image credit: Submarine Ring of Fire 2002, NOAA/OER.)