A large cluster of tubeworms at Fava Flow Suburbs. (IMAGE)

Schmidt Ocean Institute

A large cluster of tubeworms at Fava Flow Suburbs.

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A large cluster of tubeworms at Fava Flow Suburbs, a site on the East Pacific Rise 2,500 meters deep. Experiments testing the theory of species dispersal through cracks in the Earth's crust were performed in this area.

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Schmidt Ocean Institute

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