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NE Canyons 2013

Detailed Description

A colony with bright color and full branches with many extended polyps would be considered healthy or in good condition. The red lasers (red dots in the photo) are ten centimeters apart and are used for scale and age estimates.

Sources/Usage

Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Northeast U.S. Canyons Expedition 2013.