Ashes Vent Field VISIONS 13
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 deloyment of a cabled high definition video camera in 2014 and three-dimensional temperature array, as well as an uncabled vent fluid sampler. This image was taken on VISIONS '13 during Dive 1614, 24 July 2013.
Photo credit: OOI-NSF/UW/CSSF