A "tar lily" - a flower-like extrusion of asphalt on the seafloor

A “tar lily” - a flower-like extrusion of asphalt on the seafloor. Each petal of the tar lily was curved and had internal layering, a result of de-volatilization of the asphalt rising from the sub-seafloor upon its contact with seawater.

Photo Date: 20140424T162618Z

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Author: NOAA OKEANOS EXPLORER Program, Gulf of Mexico 2014 Expedition/ NOAA

License: Public Domain Mark 1.0 (Public domain)

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