This fetching creature comes courtesy of the NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program,”Our Deepwater Backyard: Exploring Atlantic Canyons and Seamounts.”
The caption on NOAA’s Flickr photostream page notes:
As we prepared to leave the seafloor at Physalia Seamount, ROV Deep Discoverer came across this photogenic octopus. What a great way to end a dive!
More striking photos from the October 2014 dive here.
