I was at a loose end this morning so, with nothing better to do I went through the ROV footage again. The object was to find anything that looks as though it is alive, coral, fish, polyps, sponges, crustaceans, molluscs etc...
Apart from some brown stuff wrapped around the wire/rope there is nothing at all that shows any signs of life, no fish, nothing. Just piles of coral rubble and white sediment. Even at depths of 1000 metres there is usually living creatures, living coral, seaweed, plant life etc... Here, there is nothing.
Any one have any ideas as to why the reef at this particular location is so desolate, there is absolutely nothing. Is it something to do with seamounts or, just this one?