Once a sample is back on deck, we are able to see very small details, like you can see here on this small brittle star that we never would have been able to see on the remotely operated vehicle footage.
Brittle Star Sample
Image courtesy of Dann Blackwood, the Deepwater Exploration of Glacier Bay National Park expedition. Download larger version (jpg, 8.9 MB).

Once a sample is back on deck, we are able to see very small details, like you can see here on this small brittle star that we never would have been able to see on the remotely operated vehicle footage.

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