The Little Hercules ROV shines its lights on a veritable field of sulphide chimneys and rocks covered with shrimp. In a short period of time, a thriving community over a large area of diffuse venting was revealed. Image courtesy of NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, INDEX-SATAL 2010.
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