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Galapagos 2005 Expedition. Minerals precipitating out from hydrothermal ventfluids form a sedimentary blanket over the ocean floor.
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Image courtesy of UCSB, Univ. S. Carolina, NOAA, WHOI.
Collection
Voyage to Inner Space
Keywords
Ocean Exploration