Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Exploring Puerto Rico’s Seamounts, Trenches, and Troughs.Download larger version (jpg, 1.4 MB).
Diverse deep-sea coral assemblage imaged south of St. Croix at a depth of ~900 meters (~2,950 feet) during the 2015 Océano Profundo expedition aboard NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer.