On Location in Alvin: Hydrothermal Vents Research Photo Gallery

Here you'll find thumbnail images with a brief description and a link to where you can learn more about the image. To see the full size version of a particular image, click next to each image, and you'll get the original image alone on a page. Enjoy!

The latest photos from Alvin...

Read about Krista's research on undersea "beehives! See the Dispatch from May 28th. thumbnail view of beehive~undersea microbial community





Read about these in the Seventh Dispatch from May 26th!

36k file: closeup of the bottom of a vent and tubeworms around it

"Bio 9".





32k photo of the sipper collecting tube

This is a wand that is attached to the "Sipper."





24k picture of a temperature probe used in studying deep sea vents Temperature probe.





28k closeup of the white filaments on the temperature probeCloseup of temperature probe.




36K photo of a colony of AlvinellidsCerebrus.






photo of alvinella

Read about thie "Pompeii worm" in the Sixth Dispatch

vestworms: the poster child of deep sea vents

Learn why these are the "poster child" of Deep sea vents in the Second Dispatch






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