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A billowing black smoker chimney with shrimp at a hydrothermal vent field.

A billowing black smoker chimney with shrimp at a hydrothermal vent field.
A billowing black smoker chimney with shrimp at a hydrothermal vent field.
A billowing black smoker chimney with shrimp at a hydrothermal vent field.
A billowing black smoker chimney with shrimp at a hydrothermal vent field.
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German, Christopher
A billowing black smoker chimney with shrimp at a hydrothermal vent field.
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01/20/2012
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R/V Atlantis cruise AT18-16, ROV Jason images.
Cruise intentions are to characterize the geology, geochemistry, microbiology and macrobiology of two new hydrothermal fields on the Mid-Cayman Rise: The Piccard hydrothermal field at ~5000m depth near 18° 33° N, 81°43° W and the Von Damm hydrothermal field at ~2300m depth near 18° 23° N, 81° 48°W.
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Deep-sea shrimp thrive at one of the planet's hottest black smoker hydrothermal vents, where the temperature of expelled fluids measured 400°C (about 750°F). The "smoke" consists of dark, fine-grained particles suspended in the fluids that come out of solution as they cool and mix with cold seawater. Remotely-operated vehicle Jason captured the image in January 2012 during an expedition led by WHOI marine geochemist Chris German to study the deepest-known hydrothermal vents, at the Mid-Cayman Rise in the Caribbean.
Courtesy of Chris German, WHOI/NSF, NASA/ROV Jason 2012 © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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