A surprising discovery on the Pacific Ocean

When you think about the splendor of coral reefs and colorful fish, you can imagine images of Hawaii or the beautiful Caribbean Sea. And if that is the case, a recent search of the deep seabed of coral reefs and the life of many different fish species in the waters of Washington state will surely surprise you.

Researchers say earlier studies of the light of these marine organisms suspect that they may have found a treasure, an unknown ecosystem in the National Marine Animal Sanctuary. in the Olympic waters. Today, NOAA's project has produced a number of images taken by a remote control device at depths of 91 - 600m.

Some of the most impressive images:

A sub-branch of the red horned coral is associated with a white-colored starfish, sea flowers and some shark's eggshell. ( Photo: LiveScience )

The bright colors of the sharp fins of the fighting fish, next to it are a soft coral range like the Paragorgia . ( Photo: LiveScience )

An unbelievably elegant object, this lonely, soft-looking coral reef is like Umbellula ( Photo: LiveScience )

The colorful image of the fighting fish right next to the reef is formed from the coral Lophelia pertusa . ( Photo: LiveScience )

Coral reefs are found to provide refugees for the fighting fish and young bile fish. Some sharks have spawned eggs and let them stick to the reefs so that when the sharks are born they have everything they need to survive.

The leader of the Coral Reef and Reef Reef Organization, Timothy Keeney, said: ' We know that deep-sea coral reefs are an important part of the ocean's ecosystem but we know too little. about them. Moreover, the study of this area promises to expand our knowledge of the ecological role of coral habitats on the seabed and even help us to know in the future the impact of how is climate change and ocean acidification important to the ecosystem? '

This study was started in 2004 when scientists at NOAA found some small samples of petrified coral Lophelia pertusa, this coral is the most important part of creating reefs in the Great Ocean. The Atlantic Ocean but very few meet them in the North Pacific.

NOAA's investigator Ed Bowlby said: ' The goal of our plan is that this study will help us know more about the deep-sea life, which is what is in our science literature. There are very few '.