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November 24, 2021: Sea Anemone

This beautiful sea anemone in the family Hormathiidae was imagined at a depth of 827 meters (2,713 feet) during a Windows to the Deep 2018 dive on Richardson Hills, an area off the coast of South Carolina that part of one of the most extensive Lophelia coral reefs on the planet.

Image courtesy of NOAA Ocean Exploration, Windows to the Deep 2018. Download larger version (jpg, 1.2 MB).

This beautiful sea anemone in the family Hormathiidae was imagined at a depth of 827 meters (2,713 feet) during a Windows to the Deep 2018 dive on Richardson Hills, an area off the coast of South Carolina that part of one of the most extensive Lophelia coral reefs on the planet.