Skip to content

The slender snorkel of an Isobaric Gas-Tight sampler (IGT) draws a sample of hydrothermal fluids spewing out of a hydrothermal vent chimney as the mechanical arm of remotely operated vehicle Jason holds it steady. IGTs and Jason will soon be working together at a vent field on the East Pacific Rise, on a cruise led by microbiologist Stefan Sievert and marine chemist Jeff Seewald, who helped design the IGT. They will be sampling the fluids that flow diffusely out of the seafloor near vent chimneys. Diffuse flow is where most microbial chemosynthesis occurs in vent ecosystems.(Photo by Chris German and the Jason Group, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Image Credit: Unknown
Date: December 27, 2013
Download
Just a Sip

Image and Visual Licensing

WHOI copyright digital assets (stills and video) contained on this website can be licensed for non-commercial use upon request and approval. Please contact WHOI Digital Assets at images@whoi.edu or (508) 289-2647.

Scroll To Top