EPR Vent (IMAGE)

Columbia Climate School

EPR Vent

Caption

A vent spews chemical fluids from the East Pacific Rise, about 5,600 miles from newly suspected vents on the Pacific Antarctic Ridge.

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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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