<div class="cbp-popup-wrapper"> <div class="cbp-l-inline"> <img src="/okeanos/explorations/seascape-alaska/ex2304/gallery/media/dive04-bacterial-mat-800.jpg" alt="During the fourth dive of the Seascape Alaska 3 expedition, the team observed several pavement of agglutinated tubeworms often covered in bacterial mats that were either orange (as shown here, seen at a depth of 2,012 meters; 1.25 miles) or gray. A sample of the orange mat was collected for further analysis." /> </div> <div class="cbp-l-inline-below"> <div class="cbp-l-inline-title">Bacterial Mat</div> <div class="cbp-l-inline-subtitle"><em>Image courtesy of NOAA Ocean Exploration, Seascape Alaska</em>. <a href="/okeanos/explorations/seascape-alaska/ex2304/gallery/media/dive04-bacterial-mat-hires.jpg" download>Download larger version (jpg, 1.4 MB).</a></div> <div class="cbp-l-inline-desc"><p>During the fourth dive of the Seascape Alaska 3 expedition, the team observed several pavement of agglutinated tubeworms often covered in bacterial mats that were either orange (as shown here, seen at a depth of 2,012 meters; 1.25 miles) or gray. A sample of the orange mat was collected for further analysis.</p></div> </div> </div>