Dive 07: Sea Star Solstice Snack
Video courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Windows to the Deep 2018. Download larger version (mp4, 23.4 MB).

On June 21, the Summer Solstice, while exploring Richardson Ridge at ~870 meters (2,854 feet) depth, we saw this sea star feeding. Being able to see animals in situ, alive and in their natural habitats, can help us learn things about them that we could never learn from simply studying a specimen in a lab.

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