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University of Washington
Caption: A 3-foot-long wreckfish checks out the remotely operated vehicle Hercules investigating a flange, the pure white structure to the right. About 10 feet wide and 6 feet tall, the flange is built up when warm hydrothermal vent fluids hit the icy cold seawater and the minerals precipitate out.
Credit: University of Washington, IFE, URI-IAO, NOAA
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