A sea star at 1195 metres of depth at the Mar del Plata Canyon in the Argentine Sea, in the Atlantic Ocean about 300km off Mar del Plata, Argentina. Hundreds of thousands of Argentinians are obsessed with the YouTube broadcast of a robot showing animals never before seen in the South Atlantic, with live commentary from the scientists leading the expedition. — Handout/Schmidt Ocean Institute/ROV SuBastian/AFP
MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina: A robot explores the dark, cold, deep sea floor of the South Atlantic, transmitting images of vibrant coral and fish never seen before as scientists give live commentary via YouTube. And Argentines can't get enough of it.
The Argentine-American scientific mission is for the first time exploring the Mar del Plata canyon, a submarine gorge which plunges nearly 4,000 meters (13,000 feet) deep, off the coast of the seaside resort of the same name.
