Manipulator arm of a remotely operated vehicle collecting skeleton of a dead bamboo coral in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. The canyons of Monterey Bay are some of the most extensively surveyed deep-sea coral and sponge habitats in U.S. waters

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Manipulator arm of a remotely operated vehicle collecting skeleton of a dead bamboo coral in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. The canyons of Monterey Bay are some of the most extensively surveyed deep-sea coral and sponge habitats in U.S. waters

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Manipulator arm of a remotely operated vehicle collecting skeleton of a dead bamboo coral in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. The canyons of Monterey Bay are some of the most extensively surveyed deep-sea coral and sponge habitats in U.S. waters photo copyright NOAA, Global Foundation for Ocean Exploration taken at and featuring the Environment class

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