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The Isobaric Gas-Tight sampler sips fluids jetting into the deep sea through a straw-like snorkel and keeps it at the high pressure of the area where it was collected. A temperature probe attached to the snorkel guides researchers to the prime spot to sample. (Photo by Tom Kleindinst, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)