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February 20, 2021: Sea Anemone

A beautiful shot of a sea anemone, seen while exploring a small mound along the Blake Plateau, approximately 100 miles east of the Atlantic coast of Florida during the Windows to the Deep 2019 expedition.

Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Windows to the Deep 2019. Download larger version (jpg, 922 KB).

A beautiful shot of a sea anemone, seen while exploring a small mound along the Blake Plateau, approximately 100 miles east of the Atlantic coast of Florida during the Windows to the Deep 2019 expedition. During the dive, in addition to this anemone, the team encountered what was described as being one of the largest aggregate of thickets of Lophelia coral seen to date, as shown in this video.