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Life at the Sea Vent

These creatures thrive 1.5 miles below the sea surface near a hydrothermal fissure in the ocean's floor, where temperatures exceed 600 degrees F. These "sea vent" inhabitants were captured on film with a Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution high definition underwater imaging system from the Deep Submergence Vehicle Alvin. The vent is in the Pacific about 1,000 miles south of San Diego, Calif.

Zoarcid Fish
Zoarcid Fish
 
Riftia
Riftia Tube Worms
 
Brachyuran Crab
Brachyuran Crab
Octopus
Octopus
 
Serpulid Worm
Serpulid Worm
 
Vent Shrimp
Vent Shrimp
Dumbo Octopus
"Dumbo" Octopus
 
Cerianthus
Cerianthus
 
Acorn Worm
Acorn Worm

Pictures: DCI |

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