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NEW LIFE, ENERGY SOURCES FOUND DURING GULF OF MEXICO EXPLORATION


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Copyright: Dr. Ian MacDonald, expedition chief scientist, one
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Mud pie on the ocean floor.
Scientists on the Alvin exploration of the Gulf of Mexico discovered this mud pipe on the ocean floor at a depth of nearly 10,000 feet. They brought one sample back to research further.
NOTE: never seen before. not sure how they are created. Need further research.		 Venus fly trap annenome.
Venus fly trap anemone.
Methane seep with gastropods
Methane seep with gastropods.		 Octocoral with tentacles out
Octocoral with tentacles out.
White fan coral also known as sea fan. Rare in divable waters.
White fan coral also known as sea fan. Rare in divable waters.		 Large annenome waving in the current found at a depth of nearly 9,000
Large anemone waving in the current found at a depth of nearly 9,000
feet.
Colony of 200-year-old tube worms.
Colony of 200-year-old tube worms.		 Mud fish, also known as Zooarcid.
Eel Pout, also known as Zoarcid.