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pl23_expn7247.jpg

Large ripples on sand bottom, cobbles, and outcrop of white smooth material

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Description

Large ripples on sand bottom, cobbles, and outcrop of white smooth material.Balls might be living xenophyophores at 5990 meters depth.

Credit

NOAA/OAR/OER, 2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas, Leg 3.

Display Date

20160621T013828Z

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space

Ocean Exploration Collection

Modern Expeditions

2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Mariana