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extremophile Mariana forearc: Northwest Eifuku volcano
Hear researcher Andy Wheeler speaking about an expedition to discover new hydrothermal vent field in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean
Witness the spectacular black smoke diffusing out of the Juan de Fuca Ridge
View molten sulfur and volcanic gases erupt through an undersea vent near the Mariana Islands
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Also Known As hydrothermal vent

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extremophile
Mariana forearc: Northwest Eifuku volcano
Hear researcher Andy Wheeler speaking about an expedition to discover new hydrothermal vent field in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean
Witness the spectacular black smoke diffusing out of the Juan de Fuca Ridge
View molten sulfur and volcanic gases erupt through an undersea vent near the Mariana Islands
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Robert Ballard
Robert Ballard
American oceanographer