The steep ledges of Norfolk Canyon proved to be home to a large diversity of life. If you look carefully, you can see a skate egg case on the same branch as the crab and a colony of the white morph of bubblegum coral in the background.
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Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Exploring Atlantic Canyons and Seamounts 2014. Download larger version (jpg, 1.5 MB).

The steep ledges of Norfolk Canyon proved to be home to a large diversity of life.

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