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Yellow iron oxide comes from hydrothermal vents; white is bacterial mat

Description

Yellow iron oxide comes from hydrothermal vents; white is bacterial mat.

Credit

OAR/National Undersea Research Program (NURP); Univ. of Hawaii - Manoa

Photographer

A. Malahoff

Display Date

1988 July

Location

Hawaii, Pele's Vents

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space
National Undersea Research Program (NURP) Collection
Sea Scapes
Submarine Mountains