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![Sponges colonizing carbonates from a dormant methane seep site, Eel River Basin, California. (V. Orphan)](https://gdb.voanews.com/6a4f7b77-2e05-4668-867a-3a74202e7342_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Sponges colonizing carbonates from a dormant methane seep site, Eel River Basin, California. (V. Orphan)
![View from inside Alvin of carbonate pavement and boulders in an area of methane seepage from Hydrate Ridge, Oregon, 700 meters deep. (V. Orphan)](https://gdb.voanews.com/f5d7d7e7-41d1-43bc-9856-b4cc11ce4401_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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View from inside Alvin of carbonate pavement and boulders in an area of methane seepage from Hydrate Ridge, Oregon, 700 meters deep. (V. Orphan)
![Mussels nestled within exposed carbonate mound in an active methane seep. Costa Rica Margin, 1,000 meter water depth. (V. Orphan)](https://gdb.voanews.com/13d7ebe0-6970-469c-90fe-2425ef351c65_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Mussels nestled within exposed carbonate mound in an active methane seep. Costa Rica Margin, 1,000 meter water depth. (V. Orphan)
![California Institute of Technology geobiology class on a field trip to a paleo-methane seep outcrop in Panoche Hills, California. These ancient seep carbonates are Cretaceous-aged (~100-66 million years ago), extend nearly 20 kilometers and are approximately 200 meters thick in some areas. (V. Orphan)](https://gdb.voanews.com/a3bfc2ef-30e6-487e-815c-16fad223e2e1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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California Institute of Technology geobiology class on a field trip to a paleo-methane seep outcrop in Panoche Hills, California. These ancient seep carbonates are Cretaceous-aged (~100-66 million years ago), extend nearly 20 kilometers and are approximately 200 meters thick in some areas. (V. Orphan)