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So if you're just tuning in, we
are diving to a canyon on the

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edge of the Blake Plateau, the
Blake Escarpment. So this is

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very deep. We are at 3205
meters. Oh my god 3000 3,000

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meters underwater. So, it's
roughly, it's roughly eight

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and a half Empire State buildings
stacked end on end. That's how

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deep underwater we are and I
think the most abundant species

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is probably these small
cream-colored geodia sponges,

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these little ball sponges.

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There is a ton of sponges here.
Sponge Heaven.

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And there's been very little
exploration work out here that

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I think we're the first deep
submergence vehicles that have

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actually been able to dive on
this amazing feature so it's

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really exciting to be out here
today.