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Tiny bubbles (of methane)

By Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program 2017 (approx.)
Methane bubbles emerging from the seafloor
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Methane bubbles emerging from the seafloor at a seep site colonized by chemosynthetic mussels at ~1000 m water depth on the Virginia margin. Photograph taken by the Global Explorer operated by Oceaneering Inc. during a 2017 expedition led by the CMHRP and supported by the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research.

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Public Domain.