Marianas Trench Marine National Monument

Collage of three photos: crabs and shrimp underwater, white fish and tan mussels underwater; an aqua-blue underwater steam vent

Photo By/Credit

NOAA Submarine Ring of Fire 2004

Date Shot/Created

01/01/2004

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

Image

Marianas Trench Marine National Monument, clockwise from bottom left: Galatheid crabs and shrimp graze on bacterial filaments on mussel shells; tropical fish and corals inhabit an area nicknamed “the aquarium”; superheated spring water spews from Champagne Vent into cold ocean water to form bubbles of liquid carbon dioxide.

Facility

Mariana Trench Marine National Monument

Ecosystem

Marine

Subject tags

Marine ecology

Marine environments