Multibeam sonar data collected by NOAA Ship <i>Okeanos Explorer</i> showing the three-dimensional topography of the Gulf Stream and the Million Mounds coral region off the southeast US Coast. Many of the coral mounds here rise over 30 meters (100 feet) above the seafloor and create important habitat that supports a diversity of marine life.
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Multibeam sonar data collected by NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer showing the three-dimensional topography of the Gulf Stream and the Million Mounds coral region off the southeast US Coast. Many of the coral mounds here rise over 30 meters (100 feet) above the seafloor and create important habitat that supports a diversity of marine life.

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