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December 27, 2004
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Flange growing from the side of the 18-story carbonate chimney in the Lost City Field.
Collecting samples from a 6-foot-wide flange, or ledge, growing from the side of the 18-story carbonate chimney in the Lost City Field reveals an opening into the hollow white interior of the flange from which warm vent fluids escape in a shimmering curtain.
Credit: University of Washington/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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