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pl23_expl0435.jpg

This small chunk of Lophelia coral lives in almost utter darkness hundredsof feet below the sea surface

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Description

This small chunk of Lophelia coral lives in almost utter darkness hundredsof feet below the sea surface. Lophelia has been found to grow inmassive thickets is some areas off the coast of North Carolina.

Credit

Life on the Edge 2004

Photographer

Art Howard

Location

North Carolina Continental Slope

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space

Ocean Exploration Collection

Life in the Deep Sea

Deep Corals

NOAA Affiliation

NAPRO Communications