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![A coral atop one of the highest points within the site showing still livingcoral tissue mostly encompassed by a brittle seastar with other branches lacking tissue and feeding polyps covered with brown flocculent material expl2381.jpg A coral atop one of the highest points within the site showing still livingcoral tissue mostly encompassed by a brittle seastar with other branches lacking tissue and feeding polyps covered with brown flocculent material](/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/https/s3.amazonaws.com/s3-east-testmedia-noaa.woc.noaa.gov/dam/Photos/legacy/pl23_expl2381.jpg?itok=9SvdFGvr)
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A coral atop one of the highest points within the site showing still livingcoral tissue mostly encompassed by a brittle seastar with other branches lacking tissue and feeding polyps covered with brown flocculent material.Deepwater Horizon aftermath. (Image credit: Lophelia II 2010 Expedition, NOAA-OER/BOEMRE)