Dive 03: The Deep Forest
Video courtesy of NOAA Ocean Exploration, Mountains in the Deep: Exploring the Central Pacific Basin. Download (mp4, 23.6 MB)

While exploring at a site informally called 'Te Kawhiti o Maui Potik' on the northern edge of the Manihiki Plateau, scientists encountered a deep-sea coral forest. The hard seafloor at the site provided an ideal surface on which corals can grow and provide habitat for a range of animals, much like trees do in a forest on land.

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