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So what we're operating on today and what we're 
targeting is a seep so some gas plumes that are

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coming out of the seafloor that were identified 
during a previous expedition, EX2302, just a

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couple of months ago. Those are some healthy 
looking tubeworms. Look at those. Beautiful.

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And the fact that the tubeworms are here 
means that the the seeps are here. The seeps are

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definitely here. So these tubeworms do not 
occur outside of chemosynthetic areas. This

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really is a needle in a haystack 
situation very often. Oh oh oh oh!

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That was a wonderful shot. Thank you.

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So methane hydrate is a combination of water and gas

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Any nothing that comes out of the seafloor 
has the ability to combine with water before

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it gets dissolved or before it gets carried 
away and the forms this white ice-like

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material on the seafloor. These tiny bubbles gave 
a glimpse of the community that might be below.

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With our sonar from the ship and then sending 
down D2 2,000 meters below, seeing these small

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bubbles just always makes me reminded of like 
how impressive the feat of human engineering is.