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Alvin's Mechanical Arm Collecting Samples

Caption: The research submarine Alvin reaches with its mechanical arm to a high-temperature black smoker at the Endeavour Segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge, to study methanogenic microbes.

Credit: Bruce Strickrott of WHOI

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