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 Pahoehoe flows cascading over a small scarp near the ocean entry of the Pu’u Oo flow, Kilauea volcano Hawaii in June, 2001. Scale from top to bottom of scarp is about 4 meters. Photo by Dan Fornari, WHOI.« Previous | Next »

We think the fish in this picture is a type of Grenadier fish. Look closely at the tail and you can see it doesn’t have a tail fin but has fins running all the way down to the point at the end. The sponge like creature in the bottom right corner is a Xenophyophore, a giant (2 inches in diameter) single celled animal.

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