A close up of black coral (Bathypathes sp.), multiple yellow (Paramuricea sp.), and red (top right of image; Swiftia sp.) corals as TowCam came very close to this scarp at 1,679 meters in Gilbert Canyon.
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Image courtesy of Nizinski et al. NOAA/NMFS/NEFSC, WHOI 2012. Download larger version (jpg, 7.3 MB).
A close up of black coral (Bathypathes sp.), multiple yellow (Paramuricea sp.), and red (top right of image; Swiftia sp.) corals as TowCam came very close to this scarp at 1,679 meters in Gilbert Canyon.
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