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Hydrothermal vent black smoker erupting.

Hydrothermal vent black smoker erupting.
Hydrothermal vent black smoker erupting.
Hydrothermal vent black smoker erupting.
Hydrothermal vent black smoker erupting.
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Foster, Dudley
Hydrothermal vent black smoker erupting.
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06/01/1979
Macdonald smoker c.jpg
Date is approximate.
Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 41, No. 1, Pg. 5:
This photo, taken in 1979 on the East Pacific Rise at 21°N, is the first ever taken of a black smoker vent. Scientists didn’t realize how hot the erupting water could be until their temperature sensors came back charred!
Photo by Dudley Foster
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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