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pl23_expl1092.jpg

A well-kept garden of feather stars, corals, and a rockfish seeking refuge

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Description

A well-kept garden of feather stars, corals, and a rockfish seeking refuge.Note the change in density of marine fauna from rocky ledge to sedimentcovered embayment in lower right quarter of image

Credit

Ed Bowlby, NOAA/Olympic Coast NMS; NOAA/OAR/Office of Ocean Exploration

Location

Washington, Olympic Coast NMS

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space

Ocean Exploration Collection

Life in the Deep Sea

Some Other Deep Sea Bottom Dwellers

Keywords

Ocean Exploration

Invertebrates