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pl23_expn8525.jpg

Lobate lava flows between hydrothermal vent areas

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Description

Lobate lava flows between hydrothermal vent areas. Note relative paucity of life although yellow octopod swimming at bottom of image.

Credit

NOAA/OAR/OER, 2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas, Leg 1.

Display Date

20160502T021139Z

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space

Ocean Exploration Collection

Modern Expeditions

2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Mariana