The three-story-tall actively venting carbonate tower called IMAX protrudes from the north face of a much larger edifice called Poseidon in the Lost City Hydrothermal Field. Poseidon rises ~60 m above the surrounding seafloor. The area has been active for >120,000 years.
Copyright: © Credit: D.S. Kelley and M. Elend, School of Oceanography, University of Washington.
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