Around the Crater (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology

Around the Crater

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View from above onto the surroundings of the Håkon Mosby mud volcano. Freshly erupted muds flowing across consolidated muds that are covered with white mats of sulfur-oxidizing bacteria. In the middle of the picture you can see the long-term observatory LOOME (Long-term observation of mud volcano eruptions), which spent 12 months on the seafloor taking pictures and measurements.

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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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