3D rendering of the seafloor mapping data we collected by circumnavigating Bogoslof.

Alvin collects a carnivorous “ping-pong ball sponge.”

Alvin collects a rock covered in sponges and other biota. Note the sea fan coral in the background.

A curious rattail investigates as Alvin places a sediment core into the sampling basket.

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