El Gordo Hydrothermal Vent

El Gordo Hydrothermal Vent

 El Gordo, at International District, is a site for OOI-RSN instrumentation.  Here, its venting hydrothermal fluid can be seen. The brown tubes are stressed tubeworms covered in filamentous bacteria. Photo credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF; Dive R1719; V14.

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