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Hydrothermal Vents

Introduction

The Basics

Vent Basics

Vent Boiling Points

Vent Chemistry

Vents around the World

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Hydrothermal Vents

Photos courtesy of: W. Lange (WHOI), R. Lutz (Rutgers U.), T. Shank and D. Fornari (WHOI), Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution National Deep Submergence Facility, and National Science Foundation.

In 1979, scientists in Alvin dove to the Mid-Ocean Ridge in the eastern Pacific. A spectacular sight greeted them. Clouds of what looked like black smoke were billowing from tall chimneys on the ocean floor.

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