We are at 6,000 meters, which is the maximum operating depth of
the ROV. It is really cool. This is going to be our deepest
dive of this particular expedition. I wonder if that's
rock is loose, Deb. Do you think it is? Um, I'm not entirely even
sure that it's a rock, as supposed to consolidate
sediment, but we could try it if you would like to sample this.
I wouldn't mind getting a rock. I'm not so sure that rock isn't
going to crumble as soon as they try to touch it. Yeah.
We'll try it again.
So I think if we collect this, Joana, if we can get it, we're
going to call it a bio sample and then the rock will be the
associate -- except that rock is not coming with us it looks
like.
Maybe we should try to grab a rock.
Oh no, it's not. No, it's not. Wow. All of them. Look at them.
They're just disintegrating when we touch them. It's just
totally dissolved. It's funny because they look like they
should have structure when you zoom in on them. And they're
quite angular. Yeah, and they have void spaces and so you
would expect that that would be something you could take, but
yeah, it just looks like clay.