Tiburon's manipulator arm holds the silver current meter while we take a reading in one of the many valleys on the Seamount.

Tiburon’s manipulator arm holds the silver current meter while researchers take a reading in one of Davidson's many valleys. A rack on the ROV's “front porch” holds push-core tubes used to collect sediment samples. Image courtesy of NOAA/MBARI 2006.

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