Yellow iron staining on a sulfide structure at YBW-Sentry (IMAGE)

Lehigh University

Yellow iron staining on a sulfide structure at YBW-Sentry

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Sulfide structures at the YBW-Sentry vent field have yellow iron staining, and host white Bythograeid crabs.

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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, National Deep Submergence Facility, remotely operated vehicle Jason team, WHOI-MISO Facility, National Science Foundation.

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