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1 Hydrothermal Vents http://www.flickr.com/photos/noaaphotolib/5015582586/

2 How they form http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/vents/vent-chemistry.html#

3 Chemosynthesis vs. Photosynthesis http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/nemo/education/curr_p1_12.html

4 Hydrothermal vents were first discovered in 1977 near the Galapagos islands. http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/11/5-things-everyone-should-know-about-galapagos.php

5 Angus Mission: 1977 8,250 feet deep. Temperature: 36 degrees Fahrenheit. Photographs: 30,000 pictures of barren rock. http://www.flickr.com/photos/noaaphotolib/5424699937/ *This is not Angus but Alvin another famous research submersible

6 Angus Mission: 1977 Depth 8,250 feet. Temperature: 600 degrees Fahrenheit. Photographs: 15 pictures of clams, tube worms, and crabs. http://www.flickr.com/photos/neptunecanada/6107370518/

7 Videos! http://www.ocean.udel.edu/deepsea/level-1/creature/creature.html http://www.flickr.com/photos/neptunecanada/5058251236/


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