The darkness of the seabed, at over 500 metres (1640 feet) depth, was sprinkled with small, white, sea urchins to create a vista out of our view ports that, in the words of the submersible's co-pilot Colin Wollerman, looked like the Milky Way. Image courtesy of New Zealand-American Submarine Ring of Fire 2005 Exploration, NOAA Vents Program.
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New Zealand American Submarine Ring of Fire 2005