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A purple sea cucumber rests on the seafloor at a depth of 1,920 meters (6,299 feet). It was observed during Dive 10 of the second Voyage to the Ridge 2022 expedition.
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Image courtesy of NOAA Ocean Exploration, Voyage to the Ridge 2022.