NOAA Ocean Explorer: Inactive chimney sample embedded with "fossilized" tubeworms

Inactive chimney sample embedded with "fossilized" tubeworms

The ROPOS manipulator arm holds a sample of an inactive chimney in which "fossilized" tubeworms are embedded, an extremely rare find.

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