A beautiful shot of a zoanthid colony seen at a depth of 3,952 meters (2.46 miles) during Dive 03 of the 2023 Shakedown + EXPRESS West Coast Exploration expedition. A portion of this animal was collected as the first sample of the expedition.
Zoanthid Colony
Image courtesy of NOAA Ocean Exploration, 2023 Shakedown + EXPRESS West Coast Exploration. Download larger version (jpg, 819 KB).

A beautiful shot of a zoanthid colony seen at a depth of 3,952 meters (2.46 miles) during Dive 03 of the 2023 Shakedown + EXPRESS West Coast Exploration expedition. A portion of this animal was collected as the first sample of the expedition.