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An electronic still camera image of the area of diffuse hydrothermal flow showing the anemone field that is giving the pillow basalts a “peach-fuzz” coating. The white area in the upper right of the photograph is probably bacterial coating that is concentrated where the hydrothermal flow is greatest. Check out the InfoMods on Hydrothermal Chemistry and Biology in the Deeper Discovery part of the web site. The distance across the photograph is about 4 meters.

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