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Smoke from hydrothermal vent

By Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center 2016 (approx.)
Underwater moving image shows smoke billowing from a rocky outcrop on the seafloor.
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Black smoker from Niua vent field, Lau basin (south Pacific Ocean). The "black smoke” is actually metal sulfides that precipitate when the hot, acidic hydrothermal fluids interact with the cold seawater.

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