Video from NOAA shows the vessel’s remotely operated arm carefully 'tickle' the object before picking it up and sucking it into a vacuum-like tube.
"A small hole or tear near its base revealed a similarly colored interior. As cameras zoomed in, scientists were stumped as to its identification, with initial thoughts ranging from a dead sponge attachment, to coral, to an egg casing."This unidentified specimen, seen in situ on a rocky outcropping at a depth of about 3,300 meters , was seen on August 30, 2023, during Dive 07 of the Seascape Alaska 5: Gulf of Alaska Remotely Operated Vehicle Exploration and Mapping expedition.
"Isn’t the deep sea so delightfully strange?" said NOAA Ocean Exploration’s Sam Candio, expedition coordinator for the ongoing Seascape Alaska 5 mission. "While we were able to collect the 'golden orb' and bring it onto the ship, we still are not able to identify it beyond the fact that it isCandio said scientists will learn more about it in a lab setting with more sophisticated tools than what’s currently available on the research ship.
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