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September 9, 2021: Jellyfish

By conducting a series of transects at intervals between 300 and 900 meters (984 and 2,953 feet) depth, we caught glimpses of the life, such as this jellyfish, that inhabits this largest and least explored environment on Earth.

Image courtesy of the NOAA Ocean Exploration, Gulf of Mexico 2017. Download larger version (jpg, 799 KB).

During the Gulf of Mexico 2017 expedition, we had the opportunity to explore the water column following the seafloor portion of several dives. By conducting a series of transects at intervals between 300 and 900 meters (984 and 2,953 feet) depth, we caught glimpses of the life, such as this jellyfish, that inhabits this largest and least explored environment on Earth.

From: Gulf of Mexico 2017: Highlight Images.