All Digital Items

ALISS first image of vent glow taken at Juan de Fuca Ridge.

ALISS mounted on Alvin examining "P" vent.

The 3,000-pound active sulfide chimney “Roane”.

Phylogenetic tree created by Carl Woese shows the three domains of life.

Bacterial microbial mats discovered at EPR.

Full port side view of DSV Alvin underwater.

Tubeworm Riftia pachyptila embryo

Syntactic foam float at location of an experimental block at tubeworm colony.

Crabs and mussels at a vent site.

Serpulid polychaete Laminatubus alvini thrives near a hydrothermal vent.

New high-pressure system for culturing vent species' larvae.

Newly designed high-pressure systems for culturing vent species’ larvae.

Vestimentiferan tubeworms colonize a block left 13 months on the seafloor.

Mullineaux fig 4 b

Ven crabs, tubeworms and mussels at a hydrothermal vent site.

Hundreds of basalt blocks have been deployed within and away from vent areas.

The life cycle of Riftia pachyptila (tubeworms).

Bob Ballard examining a recovered tubeworm.

Respirometer measuring O2 uptake of mussels on the seafloor.

Crab trap in place on the seafloor.