Looking down on a large white anemone.

A large stalked sponge.

Part of a dead sponge?

White sponge with eel-like fish in background on sandy sea floor.

Sea anemone on sand cliff

Sea anemone on sand cliff

A lone somewhat stunted coral bush

A lone coral bush on hydrothermally altered rock

A whip coral with a small sponge at the base of the rock outcrop. A holothurian is to the left on the sandy sea floor.

A bed of dead mussels indicating possible past hydrothermal activity. Broken coral bushes give an impression of some underwater cataclysm having occurred here.

Small green octocorals

Bamboo coral

Closeup of octocoral polyps on bamboo coral

Bamboo octocoral

Small bamboo coral bush in area of angular volcanic blocks partially covered by sand and mud.

Bamboo coral contrasted with dark volcanic rock.

A well camouflaged pen coral tht nearly blends into the color of the bottom sediment. Notice the large extended octocoral polyps.

Remnants of a dead coral bushes that looks like dry desert brush. What broke these bushes?

Dead coral bush. This like the bushes in image expl6678 seems to be devoid of any colonizing life.

A small bamboo coral in an area of broken sheet flows and heavy sand sedimentation.

A small bamboo coral anchored to a large volcanic boulder.

A small bamboo coral bush anchored to a volcanic boulder. The boulder surface appears to be dark and shiny enough to be obsidian, a form of volcanic glass.

A lone, somewhat stunted, iridigorgia coral on a rock and sand slope.

Coral bush with attached brachiopods? and large brisingid starfish. The black rock outcrop looks like fresh glassy obsidian.

Coral bush with attached brachiopods? and large brisingid starfish.

A large bamboo coral bush with one attached anemone.

White bamboo corals, a large brisingid sea star, and a yellow coral bush. It appears that the yellow coral bush is dead and has been colonized by zooanthids.

Small green octocorals

Reminiscent of a winter scene, marine snow falling in the background, a red somewhat skimpy paragorgia coral, small green octocorals, and white sediment covering black volcanic rocks. A number of small grayish white sponges can also be seen.

A skimpy red paragorgia coral with a small white feather star crinoid seen against a black volcanic rock background. Translucent clear octocorals are seen on the left center edge of the image.

A small white feather star crinoid clinging to branches of a red paragorgia coral.

Small clear octocorals attached to a vertical rock surface.

Small green octocorals

Small green octocorals

Small green octocorals

An iridogorgia coral, among the largest of octocorals encountered in the deep sea.

An iridogorgia coral, among the largest of octocorals encountered in the deep sea.

A white bamboo coral, a red gorgonian coral, and tribbles. Just kidding, they are probably holothurians. Bluish gray sponges are on the rock outcrop.

A white bamboo coral and numerous small sponges. The creature along the right center edge of the image might be a whitish gray crinoid.

A vertical wall with bamboo corals, a red gorgonian coral, small bluish-gray sponges, and two odd white creature in the bottom center that might be holothurians. This is the same type of animal as seen in expl6698.

Bamboo corals and small sponges on a rock outcrop.

Bamboo corals and small sponges on a rock outcrop.

Bamboo coral with delicate polyps extended. Note the bands on the coral branches which are characteristic of bamboo corals.

Base of a bamboo coral showing location of adherence to rock surface.

A large bamboo coral bush on a rock outcrop.

A bamboo whip coral

A red bubble gum coral (Paragorgiidae) with an associated brittle star.

A bamboo coral bush on a rock outcrop.

Orientation of image difficult to determine. Numerous bamboo corals and a long lineal pattern in the sand extending towards a depression to the left.

A yellow crinoid perched atop a coral bush. Numerous sponges on rock outcrop.