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Khione Snowblower at Axial Volcano

A glimpse into the subsurface biosphere through a small collapse zone. The white material is thick, dense mats of filamentous bacteria and biofilms that hae grown within the new lava flow erupted in April 2011. Credit; UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF; ROPOS Dive R1472; V11.

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