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Gas hydrates exist in huge quantities in marine sediments below the sea floor and are found in association with permafrost in the Arctic.

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  Photo: Core Sample closeup of gas hydrates  
  Natural gas hydrates are solid forms of natural gas, ice-like in appearance.  

 
 

 

 

 

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