sampling bottles

After locating hydrothermal plumes during DSL-120 surveys, we will lower bottles into the plumes and remotely trigger the bottles to sample the plume waters for chemical, microbial, and particle analyses. Image courtesy of Haymon et al., NOAA-OE, WHOI.

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