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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Mapping the Ocean Floor

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Deep Sea Dive

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Rockfish, anemones and other invertebrates inhabit this deep-sea coral reef in Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary.
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Deep-Sea Coral Habitat

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Black coral, primnoid coral, and feather stars flourish deep on the pristine Davidson Seamount.
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Amy Baco-Taylor: Passionate about Deep-Sea Corals

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Scientist Martha Nizinski examines a sample of the deep-sea coral Lophelia pertusa, collected 600-m (1,969-ft) deep off the coast of the southeastern United States.
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Deep-Sea Coral Sample

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Light in the Deep

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A robotic arm on the Johnson-Sea-Link submersible retrieves Galatheid crabs for research. In the background is a species of the deep-sea coral Lophelia.
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Collecting Deep-Sea Crabs

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view of the visitors dancing in ocean hall
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World Ocean Day 2011 'Splash' Mob

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Submersible Collects Deep-Sea Corals

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different kinds of deep sea corals
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Aleutian Islands Deep-Sea Corals

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3-D map of Chapman’s Reef. Produced in 2005 with multibeam sonar from an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV).
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Deep-Sea Coral Reef Map

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