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Open water over
Cordell Bank belies nothing of what lies
below. (photo: Gulf of the Farallones
NMS)
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Computer imagery
shows the topography of Cordell Bank, the
proximity of Farallon Islands, and the
steep drop-off of the continental shelf to
the west of the Bank. (photo: USGS Woods
Hole)
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Computer imagery
showing one of the pinnacles of Cordell
Bank. (photo: Cordell Bank
Expeditions)
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A computer-generated
sonar image of the entirety of Cordell
Bank. (photo: Cordell Bank
Expeditions)
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Surveying the
submerged habitat of Cordell Bank. (photo:
Cordell Bank Expeditions)
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A diver from Cordell
Bank Expeditions discovers a small
sediment pocket on the Bank. (photo:
Cordell Bank Expeditions)
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The same diver
pictured amid the granitic pinnacles of
the Bank. (photo: Coredell Bank
Expeditions)
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Juvenile rockfish
hang out above the lush invertebrate cover
on Cordell Bank. (photo: Coredell Bank
Expeditions)
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