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Alvin manipulator sampling at TAG, MAR during Alving Dive 3897.

Alvin manipulator sampling at TAG, MAR during Alving Dive 3897.
Alvin manipulator sampling at TAG, MAR during Alving Dive 3897.
Alvin manipulator sampling at TAG, MAR during Alving Dive 3897.
Alvin manipulator sampling at TAG, MAR during Alving Dive 3897.
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Alvin manipulator sampling at TAG, MAR during Alving Dive 3897.
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06/29/2003
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Image Of the Day caption:
WHOI researchers inside the human-occupied vehicle (HOV) Alvin use the submersibles robotic manipulator arms to collect samples of the hot, acidic, metal-rich fluids discharging from a hydrothermal vent more than two miles below the surface. This black smoker chimney sits on top of the Trans-Atlantic Geotraverse (TAG) active moundone of the largest mineral deposits known on the seafloor, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The many shrimp visible in this image are part of a complex vent ecosystem whose organisms can thrive in conditions we would consider toxic.
Photo courtesy of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Archives
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