Sheer walls seen at the Currituck Landslide. Scientists were somewhat surprised to find barren walls on habitat that might otherwise have been expected to be colonized by sessile organisms.
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Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Windows to the Deep 2019. Download larger version (jpg, 1.5 MB).
Sheer walls seen at the Currituck Landslide. Scientists were somewhat surprised to find barren walls on habitat that might otherwise have been expected to be colonized by sessile organisms.
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