August 29, 2021: Soft Coral

A soft coral, Anthomastus tahinodus, imaged during a dive within the Johnston Atoll Unit of Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument during the 2017 Laulima O Ka Moana: Exploring Deep Monument Waters Around Johnston Atoll expedition.

Image courtesy of NOAA Ocean Exploration, 2017 Laulima O Ka Moana. Download larger version (jpg, 1.1 MB).

A soft coral, Anthomastus tahinodus, imaged during a dive within the Johnston Atoll Unit of Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument during the 2017 Laulima O Ka Moana: Exploring Deep Monument Waters Around Johnston Atoll expedition.