Sample Collection at Hydrate Ridge (VIDEO) California Institute of Technology This video is under embargo. Please login to access this video. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Caption The samples of bacteria and archaea from the ocean floor were collected from the methane seeps at Hydrate Ridge, just 62 miles off the coast of Oregon. Using a three-person submersible called Alvin, the researchers navigated to sites for sampling of background sediment as well as sediment from the bubbling methane seeps. Video shows the vehicle's robotic arm collecting a push core of methane seep sediment overlaid with an orange microbial mat. Credit Victoria Orphan and edited by Roland Hatzenpichler/Caltech Usage Restrictions With attribution License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.