During Dive 08 of the 2021 North Atlantic Stepping Stones expedition, we observed a large and extensive sponge garden at the top of a carbonate reef platform, alongside reef-building hard corals and associated fauna. Shown here is an erosional ledge feature that may have once been a shoreline.
Sponge Garden
Image courtesy of NOAA Ocean Exploration, 2021 North Atlantic Stepping Stones: New England and Corner Rise Seamounts. Download larger version (jpg, 1.1 MB).

During Dive 08 of the 2021 North Atlantic Stepping Stones expedition, we observed a large and extensive sponge garden at the top of a carbonate reef platform, alongside reef-building hard corals and associated fauna. Shown here is an erosional ledge feature that may have once been a shoreline.

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