Ocean Explorer: Outcrop of white gas hydrate

hydrate overhang

Outcrop of white gas hydrate at Blake Ridge is building "down," like a stalagmite in a cave, as methane bubbles rise up, hit the overhang and instantly turn to hydrate.

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