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Cnn's amber lyon got a unique and rare view to try to find out, she's joining us from st. petersburg, florida, you were in a special vessel, a submersible to get a close look. what did you see? >> well, fredricka, we got to go down, such a unique experience, we got to ride down in manned submersible, it looks like something out of a science fiction movie. it's got a big glass dome on the front that gives you almost a 360-degree view. we were able to see a lot of the marine life. we saw jellyfish, different types of fish, also types of sponges in these deepwater reefs that one of our scientists...

Under water and survey for damage. in the past, most scientists have been using these rov's where they control them from up on the boat. but the scientists say nothing beats actually being in the water at that time. what we didn't see was any visible oil or any visible signs of damage to this reef. but we did take some samples of corals and sponges and we brought them back up onto the vessel into their lab, which is almost similar to a crime scene lab. they were literally cutting pieces of tissues of sponges and storing them as you would store human tissue to preserve it. they're later going t...