HabCam Images: Peek Beneath the Waves
Time of learning
Redfish around a boulder pile with a large anemone. Boulders provide important structure for these fish, especially as juveniles.
Good boy!
A spiny dogfish swimming over the seafloor.
Ready to learn?
A school of squid swimming by.
Scallop heaven
A haddock and two hagfish in an image full of sea scallops.
Swimming shells
A hagfish with scallops swimming above.
Yummm
A seastar horde invading a sea scallop bed for food.
Inconsiderate humans
A soda can next to a boulder. HabCam has found many examples of trash and debris on the seafloor.
Rich find
A very dense area of sand dollars.
Odd group
A group of hagfish next to a scallop.
The clean up man
A lobster eating a fish carcass, likely a sculpin.
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