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Oh! Bubbles! Right there!

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Oh, yeah, so you can see some methane hydrate forming there.

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And so if you're just joining us,

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methane hydrate is sometimes called methane ice and it's a frozen form of methane and water

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that forms at relatively high pressures and low temperatures.

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This gas hydrate is stable at the conditions we find at the seafloor in this part of the Gulf of Mexico,

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and it's been found in many places here, particularly under overhangs or as seafloor mounds.

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This is so beautiful.

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We see here droplets of methane coming out of the seafloor that are that encased with methane hydrate.

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Some of them are growing as we watch and then releasing.

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There's a hydrate tube and methane just coming up.

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This is really phenomenal. Thank you so much for this focus. It's beautiful.