ROV pilots control the ROV's manipulator arms from onboard the vessel. Here they control the arm to gently grab a sample of a leafy demosponge to bring back to the ship. The sponge is placed in the sample collection box on the front of the ROV for safe transport to the surface.
Leafy Demosponge Collection
Image courtesy of NOAA Ocean Exploration, Deep-Sea Symphony: Exploring the Musicians Seamounts. Download image (jpg, 1.0 MB).

ROV pilots control the ROV's manipulator arms from onboard the vessel. Here they control the arm to gently grab a sample of a leafy demosponge to bring back to the ship. The sponge is placed in the sample collection box on the front of the ROV for safe transport to the surface.