The
orange gas hydrate is home to Hesiocaeca methanicola, a newly
discovered species of marine worm found in
the Gulf of Mexico in 1997. This lobe of
hydrate was exposed on the seafloor. The
Deep East Expedition will investigate the
life above and in a shallow bed on the Blake
Ridge where other lobes of exposed gas hydrates
are believed to be located. Image courtesy of Ian MacDonald
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