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Live, Half a World Away and One Mile Down

WHOI Biologist Tim Shank and lab members gather around live images of deep corals in Indonesia during the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s 2010 INDEX-SATAL expedition. Shank, lead scientist for the cruise, studies the distribution and molecular genetics of deep-sea invertebrates. On the cruise, Shank was one of several experts in a range of subjects who examined high-resolution, high-definition images to provide expertise remotely and from around the world. From left are Scripps Institution of Oceanography graduate student Elizabeth Sibert, Shank, high school volunteer Will Hallisey, MIT-WHOI Joint Program graduate student Santiago Herrera, and WHOI Summer Student Fellow Catriona Munro.(Photo by Tom Kleindinst, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)