At the top of the ridge feature visited during Dive 09, ROV Deep Discoverer encountered a dense and diverse deep sea coral community. In this picture alone are at least 4 different species of coral and at least 12 different colonies
Leg 4 Dive 09: South Karin Ridge
Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2015 Hohonu Moana. Download larger version (jpg, 1.4 MB).

At the top of the ridge feature visited during Dive 09, ROV Deep Discoverer encountered a dense and diverse deep sea coral community. In this picture alone are at least 4 different species of coral and at least 12 different colonies.

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