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A purging Black Smoker hydrothermal vent.

A purging Black Smoker hydrothermal vent.
A purging Black Smoker hydrothermal vent.
A purging Black Smoker hydrothermal vent.
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A purging Black Smoker hydrothermal vent.
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04/18/2006
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Researchers inside the submersible Alvin watch a black smoker chimney erupt from seafloor vents. Hot hydrothermal fluids surge through the chimneys at velocities of 1 to 5 meters per second. The "black smoke" consists of an abundance of dark, fine-grained, suspended particles that precipitate when the hot fluid mixes with cold seawater.
Photo courtesy of WHOI Archives
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