A time series of six sonar images collected over gaseous seeps at Biloxi Dome.
Biloxi Dome
Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Gulf of Mexico Expedition 2012. Download larger version (jpg, 3.9 MB).

A time series of six sonar images collected over gaseous seeps at Biloxi Dome. The yellow-green vertical columns are seeps of gas bubbles emitted from the seafloor (red). Note changes in seep intensity through time and the appearance of "bursting" behavior denoted by the arrows.

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