Sediment covered rock in a scene reminiscent of a winter snowfall. The whitespecks are in fact marine snow, organic remains of animals living far above inthe photic zone and the various creatures that feed on materials sinking to thebottom of th sea
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Date: 2011 August 8
Credit: NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, Mid-Cayman Rise Expedition 2011
Location: Caribbean Sea, Mid-Cayman Rise