Views of Carbonate Chimneys at Point Dume (IMAGE)

Harvard University, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

Views of Carbonate Chimneys at Point Dume

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Two views of the carbonate chimneys at the Point Dume methane seep off southern California are covered with colorful microbial mats and permeated by methane-eating microbes.

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Courtesy of Courtesy of the Schmidt Ocean Institute (Permission to use with proper citation)

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