Credit: J. McDermott (Lehigh University); T. Barreyre (CNRS, Univ Brest); R. Parnell-Turner (Scripps Institution of Oceanography); D. Fornari (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution); National Deep Submergence Facility, Alvin Group. Funding support from the Nationa
A 12 meter tall black smoker hydrothermal vent emitting fluids at 332°C (630°F), one of the active vents discovered on a recent expedition to the East Pacific Rise, a mid-ocean ridge in the eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean.