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Asphalt Volcanoes

Bizarre structures formed by asphalt seeps on the sea floor

In many ares of the Gulf of Mexico asphalt seeps from the sea floor and offers a biotop for diverse organisms.

Buzzing life on an asphalt seep at the sea floor

Pogonophores found on asphalt seeps can live for up to 300 years

Pogonophores are just some of the creatures that settle on the barren seeming asphalt.

Scientists take pictures of a piece of asphalt recoverd from the sea floor

Precise analysis of the samples are necessary for the scientists to understand how the system functions.

Sea floor samples taken close to the asphalt volcanoes are processed on board the RV Sonne

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