The robotic arm on the remotely operated vehicle Deep Discoverer grabs one of the many pieces of stone rubble near the scarp. This stone likely fell from the scarp feature and was transported and eroded by currents, but further study back on the surface will tell us more about its history and the area in general.
Rock Sample
Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Windows to the Deep 2019. Download larger version (jpg, 1.6 MB).
The robotic arm on the remotely operated vehicle Deep Discoverer grabs one of the many pieces of stone rubble near the scarp. This stone likely fell from the scarp feature and was transported and eroded by currents, but further study back on the surface will tell us more about its history and the area in general.
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