Hydrothermal Vent (IMAGE)

University of Wyoming

Hydrothermal Vent

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This 12-meter-tall hydrothermal vent, named 'Medea', was discovered during the recent Pito Deep cruise made by the US Research Vessel Atlantis and led by University of Wyoming researchers Michael Cheadle and Barbara John.

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Lucas Kavanagh, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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