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pl23_nur04503.jpg

Edge of a brine pool, a super salty pond, populated by mussels at 800 meters

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Description

Edge of a brine pool, a super salty pond, populated by mussels at 800 meters.Bathymodiolus

Credit

OAR/National Undersea Research Program (NURP); Texas A&M; Univ.

Photographer

J. Brooks

Display Date

1990 July

Location

Gulf of Mexico, Green Canyon

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space

National Undersea Research Program (NURP) Collection

Sea Scapes

Vents and Seeps