Deep Sea Microbes - Methane
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Carbonate slab collected from Costa Rica Margin seep, with associated worms, snails and limpets. (G. Rouse)
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A piece of deep-sea carbonate ledge in the manipulator claw with attached white sulfide oxidizing bacterial filaments and anemone, from the Eel River Basin, off the California coast, 550 meters deep. (V. Orphan)
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Submersible Alvin about to be launched from the back deck of the R/V Atlantis, Costa Rica Margin. (V. Orphan)
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View of R/V Atlantis ship from inside Alvin after a successful dive to the methane seeps off of Hydrate Ridge, Oregon. (V. Orphan)