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Extraordinary numbers of mussels are fighting for a piece of real estate on thisrocky outcrop where warm hot-spring water discharges from the seafloor

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Description

Extraordinary numbers of mussels are fighting for a piece of real estate on thisrocky outcrop where warm hot-spring water discharges from the seafloor.

Credit

New Zealand-American Submarine Ring of Fire 2005 Exploration; NOAA Vents Program

Display Date

2005 April 12

Location

New Zealand, Kermadec Arc

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space

Keywords

Ocean Exploration