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This page contains photos and videos taken during the Bahamas Deep-Sea 2009 Exploration in March 2009. Click on any image to view a larger version and for additional information. If a movie camera icon camera icon is present, a video can be viewed by clicking on the image. Multiple video formats are available on the linked pages. If a Podcast icon Podcast Icon is present, a video or audio file is available for download or you can subscribe to the RSS Podcast Feed. NOAA Podcast RSS 2.0 Feed

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Close-up of a tripod at 1960 meters depth in the Northeast Providence Channel near Eleuthera Island.

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View a slideshow of the Bahamas Deep-Sea Exploration 2009.

 

 

 

Images

Several brittle stars have their arms wrapped around the branches of an octocorallian sea fan.

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Several brittle stars have their arms wrapped around the branches of an octocorallian sea fan. (HR)

A bathymetric map of the northern Bahamas.

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A bathymetric map of the northern Bahamas.(HR)

A red Paragorgia coral - being overgrown by a yellow zoanthid.

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A red Paragorgia coral being overgrown by a yellow zoanthid.(HR)

A red Paragorgia coral with a pink brittle star at 1154 meters depth on the Bahama Escarpment.

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A red Paragorgia coral at 1,154 meters depth on the Bahama Escarpment. (HR)

A sea spider creeps along the top of ridge at 1960 meters depth in the Northeast Providence Channel near Eleuthera Island.

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A sea spider creeps along the top of ridge at 1,960 meters depth in the Northeast Providence Channel. (HR)

 

 

 

A candelabra-shaped bamboo coral.

A candelabra-shaped bamboo coral growing at 1,265 meters depth. (HR)

An ophidioid fish swims near a bamboo coral.

An ophidioid fish swims near a bamboo coral at the edge of a steep wall at 1,245 meters depth. (HR)

Large branching bamboo corals.

Large branching bamboo corals. (HR)

A candelabra-shaped bamboo coral.

A candelabra-shaped bamboo coral, with sevcn spider-like galatheid crabs on its branches. (HR)

A whip-like colony of a bamboo coral extends more than 2 meters from the face of a ledge.

A whip-like colony of a bamboo coral extends more than 2 meters from the face of a ledge at 1,700 meters depth. (HR)

An anglerfish swims up from its typical resting place on the bottom. This photo was taken at ~1400 meters depth in Exuma Sound.

An anglerfish swims up from its typical resting place on the bottom at about 1,400 meters depth in Exuma Sound. (HR)

A collection of octocorals.

A collection of octocorals. Left to right: Candidella, Chrysogorgia, Metallogorgia. (HR)

The upper 12 inches of a snake-shaped bamboo-coral.

The upper 12 inches of a snake-shaped bamboo-coral colony is collected by the manipulator arm of the ROV Global Explorer at 1,550 m depth. (HR)

A red galatheid crab.

A red galatheid crab, perches on a black coral at 1,470 meters depth on the Bahama Escarpment. (HR)

A spiraling bamboo coral grows upward off a vertical wall.

A spiraling bamboo coral grows upward off a vertical wall at 1,500 meters depth; pink brittle stars and a large white sponge grow behind it. (HR)

A galatheid crab

A galatheid crab hangs on to a bamboo coral at 1,290 meters depth in the Northeast Providence Channel near Whale Cay. (HR)

Close-up of a tripod at 1960 meters depth.

Two tripod fish face into the current on the top of a ridge at 1,960 meters depth in the Northeast Providence Channel near Eleuthera Island. (HR)

Large branching bamboo corals flank a delicate chrysogorgiid coral.

Large branching bamboo corals flank a delicate chrysogorgiid coral, Metallogorgia melanotrichos. (HR)

 

 

 

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