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Title: Base of 300°C Black Smoker Chimney
Author: Debbie Kelley and John Delaney
Category: BIO
Data Source: 1998 Edifice Rex Sulfide Recovery Program
File Size: 98 kb
File Type: Image (JPG or GIF)
Date Catalogued:
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Cut base of a 4000 lb, 300°C black smoker chimney called Finn, which was recovered in 1998 during the Edifice Rex Sulfide Recovery Program. This chimney hosted dense and diverse microbial communities that thrived within the hot, porous interior chimney walls.