Mitch Elend

Microbial habitats in the walls of sulfide structures

Life on Planet Earth

Ecogonomeics

Deirdre Meldrum

Layers of the Earth

Short period seismometer

This short period seismometer is protected by a sheath installed on the elevator for its voyage to the seafloor. To the right of short period is the data logger enclosed in its yellow hard hat. Note the red light at the end of the bar to the left of the instrument. This light when activated on the seafloor indicate that the instrument has been inserted nearly prefectly horizontally inside the chosen drill hole.

Global Carbon Cycle

Walls of Sulfide Structures

Walls of Sulfide Structures

Tubeworm Plumes

The bright red plumes on these tubeworms are used to collect oxygen for the tubeworm and the symbiotic bacteria that live inside and nourish them. NDB

Global Carbon Cycle