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Deep Search 2018

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On the third dive of the expedition, the DEEP SEARCH team discovered thriving Lophelia pertusa reefs in a region further offshore and in deeper water than other known Lophelia reefs in the US Atlantic.

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Image courtesy of Dan Fornari, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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