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Description
A close up of one of the impacted corals and an attached brittle star. A smallamount of apparently living tissue on some branches is orange. Most of theskeleton is bare or covered by brown flocculent material. Image taken shortlyafter Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Credit
Lophelia II 2010 Expedition, NOAA-OER/BOEMRE; NOAA News 110410
Display Date
2010
Location
Gulf of Mexico
Category
Voyage to Inner Space
Ocean Exploration Collection
Modern Expeditions
Lophelia II Expeditions