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Iron oxide (rust) covering Loihi Seamount.

Iron oxide (rust) covering Loihi Seamount.
Iron oxide (rust) covering Loihi Seamount.
Iron oxide (rust) covering Loihi Seamount.
Iron oxide (rust) covering Loihi Seamount.
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Kirby, Terry
Iron oxide (rust) covering Loihi Seamount.
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12/06/2003
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Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 42, No. 2, Pg. 86:
RUST IN DAVEY JONES’ LOCKER—Reddish-orange iron oxide (the same chemical compound we commonly refer to as “rust”) coats the seafloor on Loihi Seamount, an active underwater volcano 25 miles off the island of Hawaii. The material is made by an abundance of microbes that live and grow by oxidizing iron directly from solid seafloor rocks. To study these newly discovered microbes, scientists have established FeMO—the Iron (Fe)-oxidizing Microbe Observatory—on Loihi.
Photo by Terry Kirby, University of Hawaii
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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