Contact: Catherine Beswick
catherine.beswick@noc.ac.uk
National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (UK)

Relict Chimney at Hook Ridge, Courtesy of NOCS

Caption: The image, taken by SHRIMP, shows the small relict chimney (around two meters high) found on the seafloor at Hook Ridge at a depth of around 1,200 meters. Emanating hydrothermal fluid is visible as shimmering water. Image courtesy of the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton.

Credit: Image courtesy of National Oceanography Centre, Southampton

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