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Video of an Acitve Black Smoker
File Name m00035.i4.black.smoker.mov
Data Type video excerpt
Computer Program Not specified
File Size 3.31 MB - 1 file
Expert Level High School (Grade 9-12)
Contributor ERESE Database Team
Source http://earthref.org/ERESE
Resource Matrix Hydrothermal Systems
Description
This video shows an active black smoker spewing out mineral rich vent fluid. The mineral rich fluid that comes out of the vent is mixed with the surrounding cold seawater to form metal-sulfide precipitate. The precipitate is what gives the illusion of black smoke coming out of a vent
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