Thetis switches on its external lights as the submersible descends.

Thetis switches on its external lights as the submersible descends beyond the depths where natural sunlight penetrates. The eight dive of the cruise, this dive was the deepest conducted during Project PHAEDRA 2006. Image courtesy of Richard Camilli, Project PHAEDRA 2006, WHOI, HCMR, Thera Foundation, NOAA.

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