Extraordinary numbers of mussels are fighting for a piece of real estate on this rocky outcrop.

Extraordinary numbers of mussels are fighting for a piece of real estate on this rocky outcrop, where warm hot-spring water discharges from the seafloor. Image courtesy of New Zealand-American Submarine Ring of Fire 2005 Exploration, NOAA Vents Program.

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