AUV Sentry took this image of chemosynthetic mussel beds at Mound 12 on the Costa Rica margin on an R/V Atlantis research cruise in May 2017.
Chemosynthetic Mussel Beds
Image courtesy of WHOI from a cruise with the AUV Sentry under the direction of Dr. Erik Cordes, Temple University. Download larger version (jpg, 450 KB).

AUV Sentry took this image of chemosynthetic mussel beds at Mound 12 on the Costa Rica margin on an R/V Atlantis research cruise in May 2017.

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