One of the benthic traps on the sea floor, possibly about to catch a crab. These light-tight, insulated traps were deployed from the Johnson Sea-Link II submersible to collect organisms and bring them to the surface without blinding them or damaging their eyes with the relatively bright light at the surface.

Image ID: expl0354, Voyage To Inner Space - Exploring the Seas With NOAA Collect
Location: South Atlantic Bight, Southeast United States
Photographer: Sonke Johnsen, Duke University
Credit: Islands in the Stream Expedition 2002. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration

Category: Ocean exploration/Invertebrates/Crabs/

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