Instruments at International District 1
During ROPOS Dive R1729, a digital-still camera (left), a mass spectrometer (middle) and a fluid- and microbial-DNA sampler (right) were installed in the International District Hydrothermal Field at the vent called El Gordo. A titanium ‘hat’ rests on top of the structure in a tubeworm and limpet patch. Inside the hat are temperature probes and intake nozzles for the fluid and DNA sampler. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF; ROPOS Dive R1729; V14.
July 28, 2014