NOAAʻs Seirios camera sled images the ROV Deep Discoverer (D2) as it illuminates a ledge covered with a diverse assemblage of deep-sea corals and sponges. D2 displays its newly installed sample collection equipment – drawers, boxes, an advanced manipulator, and positionable illumination system – that have allowed us to do precision collections under direction of our science team leads.
Dive 15: North Maro Ridge
Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2015 Hohonu Moana. Download image (jpg, 1.1 MB).

NOAAʻs Seirios camera sled images the ROV Deep Discoverer (D2) as it illuminates a ledge covered with a diverse assemblage of deep-sea corals and sponges. D2 displays its newly installed sample collection equipment – drawers, boxes, an advanced manipulator, and positionable illumination system – that have allowed us to do precision collections under direction of our science team leads.

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