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This area is sort of referred to as the Graveyard of the Atlantic because of the high degree of shipwrecks that have occurred in this region.

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We started out with great suspense, thinking that we were heading toward a target that had been identified from the sonar.

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So we hoped that it was the hull of a vessel.

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We approached it slowly and encountered a fairly steep wall of broken rock slabs and we did not find any evidence of a shipwreck.

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The good news is that it's great habitat.

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Wow, look at all the [...]. I've never seen this many in one place before.

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Lots of overhanging ledges that they can hide under. Nooks and crannies.

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We started out this dive with archaeologists on the line and in the chatroom.

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I sent out an email once we were pretty sure it was not a wreck, and now we have about 30 biologists joining us.

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That's Lophelia. Well, it's a coral dive after all.

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This is an important set of data to add to what we know about where corals and fishes and sensitive habitats are.

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The name of exploration, sometimes you have a shipwreck, sometimes you have a pile of rocks.

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It is great to see it at depth. Once and awhile, you see these at the surface and it's very exciting, but this is even better.

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Oh, aren't we lucky?

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Wow.