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![A close up of one of the impacted corals and an attached brittle star expl2382.jpg A close up of one of the impacted corals and an attached brittle star](/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/https/s3.amazonaws.com/s3-east-testmedia-noaa.woc.noaa.gov/dam/Photos/legacy/pl23_expl2382.jpg?itok=6S2Ic3Gv)
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A close up of one of the impacted corals and an attached brittle star. A smallamount of apparently living tissue on some branches is orange. Most of theskeleton is bare or covered by brown flocculent material. Image taken shortlyafter Deepwater Horizon oil spill. (Image credit: Lophelia II 2010 Expedition, NOAA-OER/BOEMRE; NOAA News 110410)