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Mussels growing at a methane seep in the Gulf of Mexico.

Mussels growing at a methane seep in the Gulf of Mexico.
Mussels growing at a methane seep in the Gulf of Mexico.
Mussels growing at a methane seep in the Gulf of Mexico.
Mussels growing at a methane seep in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Mussels growing at a methane seep in the Gulf of Mexico.
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01/01/2003
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Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 42, No. 2, Pg. 66:
A BUBBLING, LIFE-SUSTAINING BREW—Evidence is steadily growing that methane seeping and bubbling from the seafloor is a widespread, but previously overlooked, natural phenomenon. It can sustain communities of seafloor life, like these mussels in the Gulf of Mexico.
Courtesy of Jean Whelan
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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