Deep Sea Ocean Floor Images from Remote Operated Vehicle dives during the NOAA Galapagos Rift Expedition, July 2011.
The top photo is of the summit of a 10+ meter extinct chimney on the sea floor, covered in many smaller chimlets that mark sites of former hydrothermal flow. Pictures of deep sea animals include: an 8 armed sea star, a squat lobster, closeup of an anemone, a benthic octopus, a yellow sponge on hardened lava flow, and gorgonian whip coral.