Aluminum casing is used to house the sub-surface observatory. The casing has holes drilled into it at five different depths to allow hydrothermal fluids to interact with samples located at those depths. Above, members of the drilling team work to install the casing into the hole of Drillsite C. Below, a view of the perforations in the aluminum casing.

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