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Undersea vent blows blue

Coloured hotspot could reveal odd chemistry.

Undersea 'hotspots', which spew super-hot, mineral-rich fluids out of the sea floor and play host to a variety of weird marine life, just got weirder: scientists have found one blowing out blue smoke.

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Posted by Nicola Jones on January 29, 2007 06:20 PM |

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