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Description
Pacific Ring of Fire Expedition. Bubbles of liquid CO2 float out of theseafloor at Champagne vent on Northwest Eifuku volcano. The hydrothermalvent fluids being emitted by this volcano had large amounts ofdissolved gases in them.
Credit
Pacific Ring of Fire 2004 Expedition. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration; Dr. Bob Embley, NOAA PMEL, Chief Scientist
Display Date
2004 April
Location
Mariana Arc region, Western Pacific Ocean
Collection
Voyage to Inner Space
Ocean Exploration Collection
Modern Expeditions
Ring of Fire
Keywords
Ocean Exploration