World's Deepest Known Black Smoker (IMAGE)

National Oceanography Centre, UK

World's Deepest Known Black Smoker

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First photograph of the world's deepest known 'black smoker' vent, erupting water hot enough to melt lead, 3.1 miles deep on the ocean floor

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