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| Keywords: rov okeanos explorer okeanosexplorer ocean exploration noaa credit: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Dive 14: Pigafetta Guyot, Wed, 04 May 2016 This is informally called an ET sponge (someone gave the scientific name but I'm unsure of the spelling). The head is attached to a long stem. ROV Deep Discoverer is on the seafloor ~1,990m deep exploring the Pigafetta Guyot – a cretaceous flat-topped seamount located just to the east of the Marianas Trench. The objective of today’s dive is to explore for high density communities of deep-sea corals and sponges and to conduct an initial characterization of manganese-crust habitats on one of the presumed oldest seamounts on the Pacific plate. credit: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Dive 14: Pigafetta Guyot, Wed, 04 May 2016 This is informally called an ET sponge (someone gave the scientific name but I'm unsure of the spelling). The head is attached to a long stem. ROV Deep Discoverer is on the seafloor ~1,990m deep exploring the Pigafetta Guyot – a cretaceous flat-topped seamount located just to the east of the Marianas Trench. The objective of today’s dive is to explore for high density communities of deep-sea corals and sponges and to conduct an initial characterization of manganese-crust habitats on one of the presumed oldest seamounts on the Pacific plate. | ||||
