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The darkness of the seabed at over 500 meters depth was sprinkled with smallwhite sea urchins to create a vista that in the words of the submersible pilot,Colin Wollerman, looked like the Milky Way

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Description

The darkness of the seabed at over 500 meters depth was sprinkled with smallwhite sea urchins to create a vista that in the words of the submersible pilot,Colin Wollerman, looked like the Milky Way. The pink and white creatures areprobably a species of holothurian.

Credit

New Zealand-American Submarine Ring of Fire 2005 Exploration; NOAA Vents Program

Display Date

2005 May 6

Location

New Zealand, Kermadec Arc

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space

Keywords

Ocean Exploration