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Tubeworms in Hydrothermal Vent
Tubeworms inhabiting a deep-sea hydrothermal vent along the East Pacific Rise. This image was recorded at 9-degrees North during a National Science Foundation-supported research vessel Atlantis voyage with Richard Lutz of Rutgers University, who was chief scientist, and using a high-definition video system. (Year of image: 1999)
Credit: Courtesy Richard A. Lutz, Rutgers University; Stephen Low Productions; and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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