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NOAA Photo Library Image - expl1844

The submersible encounters a brightly colored octopus near a hydrothermal vent area at Monowai caldera at about a depth of 1050 meters.

Image ID: expl1844, Voyage To Inner Space - Exploring the Seas With NOAA Collect
Location: New Zealand, Kermadec Arc
Photo Date: 2005 April 12
Credit: New Zealand-American Submarine Ring of Fire 2005 Exploration; NOAA Vents Program

Category: Ocean exploration/

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