University finds new life in the abyss

Photo courtesy University of Hawaii School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology

This satellite image shows areas where the University of Hawaii unmanned submersible vehicle searched.

Photo courtesy University of Hawaii School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology

The team recovers remotely operated vehicle Luukai after a successful dive.

Photo courtesy University of Hawaii School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology

A large sea cucumber, Psychropotes longicauda, is seen on the abyssal plain.

HONOLULU — While manganese mining operations eye the Pacific Ocean floor as their potential next frontier, scientists have found the seafloor plains are anything but vacant.

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