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DEEP SEARCH 2019

Detailed Description

One of ROV Jason’s manipulator arms is equipped with a set of blades known as “coral cutters” that are used to precisely and non-destructively sample delicate coral colonies.

Sources/Usage

Image courtesy of Ivan Hurzeler and DEEP SEARCH 2019 - BOEM, USGS, NOAA, ROV Jason, ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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