Alvin's Mechanical Arm Collecting Samples (IMAGE)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Alvin's Mechanical Arm Collecting Samples

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The research submarine Alvin reaches with its mechanical arm to a high-temperature black smoker at the Endeavour Segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge, to study methanogenic microbes.

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Bruce Strickrott of WHOI

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