Photo of Black Smoker in the Pacific Ocean's Eastern Lau Spreading Center (IMAGE)

U.S. National Science Foundation

Photo of Black Smoker in the Pacific Ocean's Eastern Lau Spreading Center

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This is a black smoker from the Mariner vent site in the Pacific Ocean's Eastern Lau Spreading Center.

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University of Delaware

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