I had an oppurtunity about 2 years ago to join a NOAA research team out of Pascagoula, MS for 2 weeks of a 4 week deepwater survey expedition. The operation was off of a 200 plus ft deepwater trawling vessel and covered areas from TX to 90 miles north of Cuba and eventually docked back in Tampa. They surveyed down to 900 plus feet in depth. I was brought on as a volunteer to my good fortune and had a fantastic expierience seeing remarkable species. I have a few pics available here and we'll post some more later after uploading them to my computer. As promised in my new member thread, here's a small sample. Im the guy in the green Outback shirt in the middle of the swordfish pic.
I have many more interesting photos coming soon...