The similarity between plastic and animals is highlighted in these two images of a (left) <em>Victogorgia alba</em>, a deep-sea gorgonian coral and (right) a shredded plastic bag seen on Dive 10 at Richardson “Jellyfish” in the Stetson Miami Terrace HAPC during the Windows to the Deep 2019 expedition.
Coral and Plastic
Images courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Discovering the Deep: Exploring Remote Pacific Marine Protected Areas (left) and Windows to the Deep 2019 (right). Download larger version (jpg, 1.2 MB).
The similarity between plastic and animals is highlighted in these two images of a (left) Victogorgia alba, a deep-sea gorgonian coral and (right) a shredded plastic bag seen on Dive 10 at Richardson “Jellyfish” in the Stetson Miami Terrace HAPC during the Windows to the Deep 2019 expedition.
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