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Rust villages of the deep: In Pele's shadow, iron oxide, or rust, comes to life
Loihi Seamount and its "rust villages": Structures built by iron-oxidizing microbes.
Credit: Clara Chan, University of Delaware
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Three-dimensional view of Loihi Seamount, with depths below the ocean surface in meters.
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Veil-like structures cover Loihi's summit; they're composed of sheath-forming bacteria.
Credit: David Emerson, Bigelow Laboratory
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Scientists collect microbial mat samples from the seamount's iron oxidizing bacteria community.
Credit: David Emerson, Bigelow Laboratory
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Aboard ship, scientists process samples of Zetaproteobacteria from Loihi's flanks.
Credit: David Emerson, Bigelow Laboratory
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Scanning electron micrograph shows the bacteria's delicate iron-oxide-encrusted sheaths.
Credit: Sean McAllister and Clara Chan, University of Delaware
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