A Black Smoker is an oceanic ridge
vent which produces a plume of hydrothermal fluids
with black sulphide particles. It
is a type of undersea solfatara. Temperatures are usually > 330 deg C.
There are 35 active undersea hydrothermal
vents confirmed and probably millions in total.
Black smoker
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