Dive 17: A Wall of Stars
Video courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Discovering the Deep: Exploring Remote Pacific MPAs. Download (mp4, 21.1 MB)

This incredible "living wall" of crinoids, or feather stars, was observed during Dive 17 to explore on a steep slope along the western side of an unnamed seamount within the Phoenix Islands Protected Area, at a depth of +700 meters.

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