Clusters of live Bathymodiolus mussels (left side, foreground, and background) like these were encountered by D2 on both the July 11 and July 12 dives at seep sites south of Nantucket. White cottony coating on some of the mussel shells is from bacteria. Laser dots are 10 centimeters apart.
Mussels
Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research.
Clusters of live Bathymodiolus mussels (left side, foreground, and background) like these were encountered by D2 on both the July 11 and July 12 dives at seep sites south of Nantucket. White cottony coating on some of the mussel shells is from bacteria. Laser dots are 10 centimeters apart. Download larger version (jpg, 1.4 MB).
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