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(A) Location and associated bathymetry of the Lucky Strike hydrothermal field along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) and of the off-axis site in the Atlantic abyssal plain (N35°59, 88; W29°02,949; 3200 mbsl) where incubations of synthetic basaltic glasses were carried out during 11 months. (B) and (C) Pictures of the microbial incubator deployed in the abyssal plain (taken in 2006 by the Nautile submersible).
