THE MYSTERY OF HYDRATE RIDGE As part of the international Tecflux project, German research vessel ‘Sonne’ explores deposits of methane hydrate, an ice-like compound of water and methane which forms at high pressure and low temperature.
First published in: ‘mare’ No. 21 (2000) Text by: Thomas Worm (GEOMAR pictures in: ‘DER SPIEGEL’ 30/2000) Photos available through: VISUM
All images © Marc Steinmetz, 2002