NOAA’s ROV Deep Discover, or D2 for short, explores an underwater “forest” of corals. It takes hundreds of years for corals to grow as big as the ones we found in Heezen Canyon. Some deepwater corals are believed to live as long as 4,000 years.
Deepwater Corals
Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Northeast U.S. Canyons Expedition 2013.
NOAA’s ROV Deep Discoverer, or D2 for short, explores an underwater “forest” of corals. It takes hundreds of years for corals to grow as big as the ones we found in Heezen Canyon. Some deepwater corals are believed to live as long as 4,000 years. Download larger version (jpg, 1.9 MB).
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