A garden of sea lilies.

A garden of sea lilies (Neocrinus decorus) on a ridge in 420 m (1,312 ft) of water. The sea lilies bend away from the current, which moves from lower front right to upper rear left, but flex their feathery arms back into it. © C. G. Messing. Image courtesy of Bioluminescence Team 2009, NOAA-OER.

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