During the ROV dive, we ascended up a summit ridge where, in the last hour of the dive, we saw live clams sitting on top of sediments. Our dive revealed many signs that the area previously hosted active hydrothermal venting and these might be one more; however, we are unable to determine whether these clams are chemosynthetic with the imagery collected.
Clams
Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, INDEX-SATAL 2010. Download larger version (jpg, 1.7 MB).
During the ROV dive, we ascended up a summit ridge where, in the last hour of the dive, we saw live clams sitting on top of sediments. Our dive revealed many signs that the area previously hosted active hydrothermal venting and these clams might be one more such sign; however, we were unable to determine whether these clams are chemosynthetic with the imagery collected.
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