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Boiling of vent fluids is relatively rare

Description

Boiling of vent fluids is relatively rare. Here, the manipulator arm of PISCESV holds a gas-sampling device over a vent where bubbles are streaming out of the the seafloor.

Credit

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

Display Date

2005 April 18

Location

New Zealand, Kermadec Arc

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space

Keywords

Ocean Exploration