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Image : Explorers to use new robotic vehicles to hunt for life and hydrothermal vents on Arctic seafloor

Puma
The Puma, or "plume mapper," autonomous underwater vehicle uses sonar, lasers, and chemical sensors to search wide areas near the ocean floor to detect the telltale temperature, chemical, and turbidity signals from hydrothermal vent plumes. (Photo by Hanumant Singh, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

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Last updated: October 26, 2010
 


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