Sharks are always fun to observe. Here, ROV Deep Discoverer is pictured with a sand tiger shark. The black dots on the seafloor are all sea urchins, another high-density community observed during Dive 05.
Sand Tiger Shark
Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Mountains in the Deep: Exploring the Central Pacific Basin. Download larger version (jpg, 410 KB).

Sharks are always fun to observe. Here, ROV Deep Discoverer is pictured with a sand tiger shark. The black "dots" on the seafloor are all sea urchins, another high-density community observed during Dive 05.

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