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Hawaii. Courtesy Commander John Bortniak, NOAA Corps (ret.), www.photolib.noaa.gov/coastline/index.html

Stranded parrotfish in tidal pool at low tide on Laysan Island. Courtesy Dr. James P. McVey, NOAA Sea Grant Program, www.photolib.noaa.gov/mvey/index.html

White bacterial mat dependent on the chemical energy provided by seafloor hot springs venting near the top of East Diamante volcano. Courtesy Pacific Ring of Fire 2004 Expedition, NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration; Dr. Bob Embley, NOAA PMEL, Chief Scientist, www.photolib.noaa.gov/nurp/index.html

Colorful tropical fish, soft corals, and basket stars cover the top of a volcanic spine that extends into the upper ocean where sunlight can penetrate at East Diamante volcano. Courtesy Pacific Ring of Fire 2004 Expedition, NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration; Dr. Bob Embley, NOAA PMEL, Chief Scientist, www.photolib.noaa.gov/nurp/index.html

Rocky intertidal zone on Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary. Courtesy NOAA's Sanctuaries Collection, www.photolib.noaa.gov/sanctuary/index.html

Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Warm dilute acid spring believed to represent acid meteoric recharge from near the crest of Norris Dome in Norris Geyser Basin. Green colors are from acid-loving microorganisms. Courtesy D.E. White, libraryphoto.cr.usgs.gov

Alaska Southwest, Katmai area. Courtesy Captain Budd Christman, NOAA Corps, www.photolib.noaa.gov/coastline/index.html

Stromatolites. Courtesy Isao Inouye, Mark Schneegurt, www-cyanosite.bio.purdue.edu

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