Nylon rope at 100m depth (IMAGE)

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Nylon rope at 100m depth

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Bundle of nylon rope from an anchor line in Palau. Nylon ropes are expensive and usually removed from shallow reefs, but since this piece got entangled so deep, it was cut and left behind. (Luiz Rocha © California Academy of Sciences)

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(Luiz Rocha © California Academy of Sciences)

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