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Title: Hydrothermal Chimney. Iceland
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A diver (Jónína Ólafsdóttir) explores the top of a hydrothermal chimney. The diver is obscured behind the hot water billowing out of the chinmey, which does not mix with the surrounding sea water because of the temperature/density difference. The white rock is newly deposited by the hydrothermal water. Arnarnes Strytur chimney, Eyjafjordur, Iceland. North Atlantic Ocean. Model released.