Site
#7: 45° 55.8' / -129° 59.2'
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Now we
are back into older lava (on the far side of the new lava flow). There
does not appear to be a hydrothermal vent nearby. Instead, you see a variety
of sponges, soft corals, brittle stars, and fish. The sessile animals
indicate that the lava at this site has been colonized for many years
and is old. -> Old lava, uncollapsed, no hydrothermal vent -> Old, established non-vent biological community |
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