Today I learned about black smokers. For those who (like me earlier today) do not know, black smokers are underwater mineral-rich hydrothermal vents and the large chimney like structures that form around them.
A black smoker (of the hydothermal variety) is in the first picture below. It’s not to be confused with the black smoker (of the golf legend variety) in the second picture below.
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Figure 1: Black Smoker (Anonymous) |
Figure 2: Black Smoker (Charlie Sifford) |
In related news, I don’t care how many cigarette-smoking, dark-skinned, hydrothermal vent researches there are. There are not enough.