Sea Floor of the Guaymas Basin (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

Sea Floor of the Guaymas Basin

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Researchers have documented extensive diversity in the microbial communities living in the extremely hot, deep-sea sediments located in the Guaymas Basin in the Gulf of California. This view of the Guaymas Basin seafloor was taken through the window of the Alvin submersible by Brett Baker in November 2018.

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Brett Baker/University of Texas at Austin.

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