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Galapagos 2005 Expedition

Description

Galapagos 2005 Expedition. Minerals precipitating out from hydrothermal ventfluids form a sedimentary blanket over the ocean floor.

Credit

Image courtesy of UCSB, Univ. S. Carolina, NOAA, WHOI.

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space

Keywords

Ocean Exploration