The first photograph of a black smoker vent published on the cover of Science magazine (Spiess, Macdonald, et al, 1980). The blackened water is jetting out at 1-5 meters per second and is 380ºC, hotter than a pizza oven. Image courtesy of Spiess, Macdonald, et al, 1980.
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