🧪A fun bluesci-y throwback: deep-sea research off the CA coast w/ MBARI, R/V Western Flyer, and ROV Doc Ricketts. Benthic ecology, deep-sea coral transplantation, observations of particle flow using fluorescent dye, & more! Photos mostly from ~850m, but the ROV hit 3,000+ m during this expedition!🪸

Aw, look at that good Scorpaenid(?) probably...:)

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🧪Also cannot leave out the highlight: the ROV pilots used a robot arm to give a deep sea sponge a close shave in the name of science 😂🪒🧽