Microbial alteration of basalt
Freshly erupted basalt is black. This rock appears slimey orange where it has been altered by iron oxidizing microbes scavenging iron from the basalt or from vent water flowing over the basalt.
| Photographer | Greg Horn |
| Region | Hawaiian Islands |
| Location | Loihi Seamount, Ula Nui |
| JASON Dive | Unknown |
| JASON Event | Unknown |
| Latitude | Unknown |
| Longitude | Unknown |
| Elevation | Unknown |
| People | Unknown |
| Keywords | Hawaii, Submarine, Volcano, Biogeosciences, Iron-oxidizing microbes, FeMO2007, KM0719, R/V Kilo Moana |
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