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A view of a pinnacle

Description

A view of a pinnacle. Upslope areas dominated by a relatively smoothsurface, greenish coral bushes, and large sponges while off the one visible side, talus debris is seen at lower levels with red corallium corals, a fewbamboo whip corals, and seemingly less dense sponge growth.

Credit

NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2015 Hohonu Moana

Display Date

20150808T010347Z

Location

Hawaii, West Northampton Seamount Ridge

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space
Ocean Exploration Collection
Modern Expeditions
2015 Hohonu Moana