A beautiful garden of deep-sea life seen in Middleton Canyon during Dive 15 of the Seascape Alaska 5 expedition. Visible here are mushroom corals, pink branching corals, various purple and orange anemones, and a complex white sponge.
Garden of Life
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A beautiful garden of deep-sea life seen in Middleton Canyon during Dive 15 of the Seascape Alaska 5 expedition. Visible here are mushroom corals, pink branching corals, various purple and orange anemones, and a complex white sponge.