Hydrothermal Vents

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Hydrothermal Vents
http//www.flickr.com/photos/noaaphotolib/50155825
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How they form
http//www.divediscover.whoi.edu/vents/vent-chemis
try.html
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Chemosynthesis vs. Photosynthesis
http//www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/nemo/education/curr
_p1_12.html
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Hydrothermal vents were first discovered in 1977
near the Galapagos islands.
http//www.treehugger.com/files/2010/11/5-things-e
veryone-should-know-about-galapagos.php
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Angus Mission 1977

• 8,250 feet deep.
• Temperature 36 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Photographs 30,000 pictures of barren rock.

This is not Angus but Alvin another famous
research submersible
http//www.flickr.com/photos/noaaphotolib/54246999
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Angus Mission 1977

• Depth 8,250 feet.
• Temperature 600 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Photographs 15 pictures of clams, tube worms,
  and crabs.

http//www.flickr.com/photos/neptunecanada/6107370
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Videos!
http//www.ocean.udel.edu/deepsea/level-1/creature
/creature.html
http//www.flickr.com/photos/neptunecanada/5058251
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