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A single colony of coral with dying and dead sections (on left), apparentlyliving tissue (top right) and bare skeleton with very sickly looking brittlestar on the base

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Description

A single colony of coral with dying and dead sections (on left), apparentlyliving tissue (top right) and bare skeleton with very sickly looking brittlestar on the base. Deepwater Horizon aftermath.

Credit

Lophelia II 2010 Expedition, NOAA-OER/BOEMRE; NOAA News 110410

Display Date

2010

Location

Gulf of Mexico

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space

Ocean Exploration Collection

Modern Expeditions

Lophelia II Expeditions