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This is the Atlantis II seamount group.

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It is a group of about three peaks.
And we are on the largest of the peaks.

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We are about 235 miles from the continental shelf.
So we are outside the U.S. EEZ now and

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we are really doing some deep-ocean
exploration here on unexplored seamounts.

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Alright, so I don't know if you heard some of
the excitement from geology in the back row here,

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but that carbonate-looking
material was really exciting.

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I see it, too.
Thank you very much.

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If you look in video stream 2, you'll
see we're coming up on a rock that has

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quite a high density of sponges.
This is not something that we have

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seen before either today or on the previous dives.

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So our depth right now is 2,435 meters,

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we're just getting ready to come off
the bottom and recover the vehicles,

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and we want to thank those
of you who are with us today.

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It's been an exciting day here on
the Atlantis II seamount complex.

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This is the first-ever
exploration of the bottom here.