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  • Crabs dot hydrothermal vent chimneys at a site known as Ivory Towers in this view from the ROV Isis.
  • A colorful octopus prepares to push itself off a rock and swim away, as captured by a NOAA ROV camera.
  • The research vessel Celtic Explorer speeds through Galway Bay, Ireland.
  • The ROV Isis hangs from a tether on the side of a research vessel during a night time ROV recovery in stormy weather.
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  • A crew member diving in the Mid-Atlantic Trench in Iceland.
  • Scenic view of the ocean near Akureyri, Iceland.
  • Dr. Bob Ballard in a dry portion of the Mid-Atlantic Trench.
  • ROV photographs of strange columns on the Atlantic Ocean floor.
  • Columns of heat and gas rise from the Atlantic floor.
  • The Mid-Atlantic Trench in Thingvellir National Park, Iceland.
  • Divers at the Mid-Atlantic Trench in Iceland.
  • Dr. Bob Ballard after snorkeling in the Mid-Atlantic Trench in Iceland.
  • An ROV examines rocks and gathers samples from the ocean floor that scientists will then use for experiments.
  • CGI IMAGE: East Scotia Ridge, in Southern Ocean SE of South America: The Ivory Towers hydrothermal vent area.
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  • Silhouette of Bob Ballard snorkeling between the crack where the North American and Eurasian plates meet in Iceland.
  • A black smoker hydrothermal vent expels superheated water, chemicals and metals that look like
  • A humpback whale breaches in a fjord.
  • Amid stormy seas, a research vessel James Cook crew member works on the side deck of the ship.
  • Tube worms cling to a rock and catch chemicals from hydrothermal vents to feed the chemosynthetic bacteria they host.
  • Dr. Robert Ballard standing at the cliff edge on the Reykjanes Peninsula.
  • Dr. Robert Ballard in a small boat near Akureyri, Iceland.

  • Crabs on a Hydrothermal Vent

    Photograph by NGT

    Crabs dot hydrothermal vent chimneys at a site known as Ivory Towers in this view from the ROV Isis.

  • Colorful Octopus

    Photograph by NOAA/ Webb Pinner

    A colorful octopus prepares to push itself off a rock and swim away, as captured by a NOAA ROV camera.

  • Celtic Explorer

    Photograph by NGT

    The research vessel Celtic Explorer speeds through Galway Bay, Ireland.

  • Hoff Crab Swarm

    Photograph by National Oceanography Centre

    "Hoff" crabs swarm over one another at a hydrothermal vent near East Scotia Ridge, in the Southern Ocean SE of South America.

  • ROV Isis

    Photograph by NGT

    The ROV Isis hangs from a tether on the side of a research vessel during a night time ROV recovery in stormy weather.

  • Hoff Crab on a Black Smoker Vent Chimney

    Photograph by National Oceanography Centre

    A "Hoff" crab, a relative of the Yeti crab, climbs up a black smoker vent chimney at a hydrothermal vent site along the East Scotia Ridge., as sceen by the ROV Isis' camera.

  • Narrow Trench

    Photograph by NGT

    A crew member diving in the Mid-Atlantic Trench in Iceland.

  • Icelandic Ocean

    Photograph by NGT

    Scenic view of the ocean near Akureyri, Iceland.

  • Dry Trench

    Photograph by NGT

    Dr. Bob Ballard in a dry portion of the Mid-Atlantic Trench.

  • The Atlantic Floor

    Photograph by the Marine Institute

    ROV photographs of strange columns on the Atlantic Ocean floor.

  • Underwater Heat Geysers

    Photograph by the Marine Institute

    Columns of heat and gas rise from the Atlantic floor.

  • The Mid-Atlantic Trench

    Photograph by NGT

    The Mid-Atlantic Trench in Thingvellir National Park, Iceland.

  • Diving The Mid-Atlantic Trench

    Photograph by NGT

    Divers at the Mid-Atlantic Trench in Iceland.

  • Dr. Bob Ballard

    Photograph by NGT

    Dr. Bob Ballard after snorkeling in the Mid-Atlantic Trench in Iceland.

  • ROV Examines Rocks

    Photograph by the Marine Institute

    An ROV examines rocks and gathers samples from the ocean floor that scientists will then use for experiments.

  • The Ivory Towers

    Photograph by National Oceanography Centre

    CGI IMAGE: East Scotia Ridge, in Southern Ocean SE of South America: The Ivory Towers hydrothermal vent area.

  • Hoff Crabs

    Photograph by National Oceanography Centre

    CGI IMAGE: "Hoff" crabs on the side of a black smoker chimney at the Ivory Towers hydrothermal vent area.

  • Snorkeling Silhouette

    Photograph by NGT

    Silhouette of Bob Ballard snorkeling between the crack where the North American and Eurasian plates meet in Iceland.

  • Hydrothermal Vent

    Photograph by the Marine Institute

    A black smoker hydrothermal vent expels superheated water, chemicals and metals that look like "smoke," at the East Scotia Ridge in Antarctica.

  • Whale Breaches

    Photograph by NGT

    A humpback whale breaches in a fjord.

  • Stormy Seas

    Photograph by National Oceanography Centre

    Amid stormy seas, a research vessel James Cook crew member works on the side deck of the ship.

  • Tube Worms

    Photograph by National Oceanography Centre

    Tube worms cling to a rock and catch chemicals from hydrothermal vents to feed the chemosynthetic bacteria they host.

  • The Reykjanes Peninsula

    Photograph by NGT

    Dr. Robert Ballard standing at the cliff edge on the Reykjanes Peninsula.

  • Near Akureyri, Iceland

    Photograph by NGT

    Dr. Robert Ballard in a small boat near Akureyri, Iceland.
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