Collecting fossil corals with a scoop-action using a net and the Hercules scissor claw.


It took the coordinated efforts of two ROV pilots to collect fossil corals with a scoop-action, using a net and the Hercules scissor claw. Image courtesy of the Mountains in the Sea Research Team; the IFE Crew; and NOAA.

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