Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst. on Instagram: "It’s not a view you get every day… but having your mind blown is just one of the perks of diving in #Alvin! ⁠ ⁠ #WHOI deep-sea biologist Tim Shank and ALVIN pilot Bruce Strickrott were exploring a #hydrothermalvent field along the #EastPacificRise (~200 miles off of western Mexico) when they turned off the vehicle lights and saw the vent chimneys silhouetted by a research camera system known as the MISO elevator.⁠ ⁠ ALVIN is the only human-occupied s