Deep Sea Microbes - Methane
![Carbonate slab collected from Costa Rica Margin seep, with associated worms, snails and limpets. (G. Rouse)](https://gdb.voanews.com/88EDB9EA-9DA6-44A3-AD1F-C429628456D6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Carbonate slab collected from Costa Rica Margin seep, with associated worms, snails and limpets. (G. Rouse)
![A piece of deep-sea carbonate ledge in the manipulator claw with attached white sulfide oxidizing bacterial filaments and anemone, from the Eel River Basin, off the California coast, 550 meters deep. (V. Orphan)](https://gdb.voanews.com/9DFF05EC-8AA1-4AB7-97A3-A866107C12D2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A piece of deep-sea carbonate ledge in the manipulator claw with attached white sulfide oxidizing bacterial filaments and anemone, from the Eel River Basin, off the California coast, 550 meters deep. (V. Orphan)
![Submersible Alvin about to be launched from the back deck of the R/V Atlantis, Costa Rica Margin. (V. Orphan)](https://gdb.voanews.com/CD7B9421-FA57-4ED3-8B95-2BFBA9524407_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Submersible Alvin about to be launched from the back deck of the R/V Atlantis, Costa Rica Margin. (V. Orphan)
![View of R/V Atlantis ship from inside Alvin after a successful dive to the methane seeps off of Hydrate Ridge, Oregon. (V. Orphan)](https://gdb.voanews.com/DD37DC18-2F07-4296-AD41-E50ABC2A14BD_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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View of R/V Atlantis ship from inside Alvin after a successful dive to the methane seeps off of Hydrate Ridge, Oregon. (V. Orphan)