Octopus at Summit of Axial Seamount

Octopus at Summit of Axial Seamount

An octopus lounges on a basalt flow at a water depth of ~1520 m within the caldera of Axial Volcano. This image was taken in 2008 during the INSIGHT'08 Expedition using the Tow-Cam system operated by D. Fornari.

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