Two hydrothermal vents at Axial Seamount visited by the ROV ROPOS during the OOI Cabled Array O&M cruise show the difference between an active “black smoker” vent hosting chemosynthetic life and a dormant vent covered mostly in white bacterial mats.
Credit: OOI-NSF/UW/CSSF/V22.
Credit: OOI-NSF/UW/CSSF/V22.
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