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Discolored sediment around the brine pools

Description

Discolored sediment around the brine pools. The small craters mark the formation of brine pools, from which salt has seeped through the seafloor and encrustedthe nearby substrate.

Credit

Lophelia II

Display Date

2010 October 18 074153

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space
Ocean Exploration Collection
Modern Expeditions
Lophelia II Expeditions