Interesting call for more visualizations of the ocean depths. I mused about the need and general wish to have round-the-clock monitoring of the deep sea in my book, Assessments and Conservation of Biological Diversity from Coral Reefs to the Deep Sea:Uncovering Buried Treasures and the Value of the Benthos.
Photo credit – A predatory Actinostola sea anemone, perched on a lava pillar on the East Pacific Rise at around 2.5-km depth, as captured by the recently upgraded deep-sea imaging system on the submersible Alvin. [McDermott, Fornari, Barreyre, Parnell-Turner, AT50-21, WHOI-NDSF, NSF, MISO Facility, ©WHOI, 2024 / Originally in A. Steiner et al. J. Ocean Technol. 19(3), 64 (2024); used with permission / Organism ID by T. Shank]
Lopez Lab @ NSU 