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These video clips were shot on the Juan de Fuca Ridge by NOVA producer Susan Kopman Lewis during the "site characterization" cruise in September 1997 (see Birth of an Expedition).

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Close up view of tubeworms
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Billowing black smoker chimney in the Mothra field
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Black smoker chimney with tubeworms
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Black smoker chimney in the main Endeavour segment
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