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Mushroom Chimney in ASHES 2013

This sulfide chimney, known as Mushroom, rises ~ 4 m (12 ft) above the seafloor. It is located in the ASHES Vent Field and will be the site for deployment of a cabled high definition video camera in 2014 and three-dimensional temperature array, as well as an uncabled vent fluid sampler. Credit: OOI-NSF/UW/CSSF; ROPOS Dive R1614; V13.

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