The ROV pilots used the manipulator arm to pick up this colony of pink coral still attached to a rock — without breaking any branches. The manipulator claw is about 9-in long, but the skilled ROV pilots can pick up items as small as a dime from the sea floor. Image courtesy of NOAA/MBARI 2006.
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