Monterey Bay Aquarium biologists worked alongside MBARI’s skilled submersible pilots to gently collect animals for the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s groundbreaking deep-sea exhibition, Into the Deep/En lo Profundo. (Image credit: George Matsumoto, MBARI)

MBARI engineers developed an “elevator” to facilitate collections of larger animals. After the R/V David Packard crew deploys the elevator, MBARI’s submersible pilots can gently transfer animals into large drawers. (Image credit: George Matsumoto, MBARI)

Located approximately 100 kilometers (62 miles) offshore of Davenport, California, Guide Seamount is an underwater mountain made up of four parallel volcanic ridges separated by sediment-filled troughs.…