ROPOS ROV (SRoF'04) is sampling the iron-rich bacterial mat at a diffuse (low temperature) vent site on NW Eifuku submarine volcano.

During SRoF'04, the ROV ROPOS sampled the iron-rich bacterial mat at a diffuse (low temperature) vent site on NW Eifuku submarine volcano. Image courtesy of Submarine Ring of Fire 2004 Exploration, NOAA-OE.

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