The water
The light gives out fast below the Reef. Basalt columns and kelp curtains stand in a blue hush, and this is the first water where your own lamp cone starts doing real work rather than filling in gaps the sun left.
Conditions
Depth range600–1,300 m
MapThe Open Column
Hazards
Nothing that damages the hull yet, but a handful of species here won't hold still for a fast approach — see the species list below for who.
What lives here
18 catalogued species call this zone home:
Gloomvein Jelly
TwilightPale Drifter
TwilightWickerlight Angler
TwilightShivering Cutlass Eel
TwilightUnderstory Lanternfish
TwilightCellar Mantle Squid
TwilightQuarter-Moon Jelly
TwilightFarwater Banner Ray
AbyssalCurtain Goby
TwilightNot yet in the waterGlasspane Jelly
TwilightFarshelf Angler
TwilightDriftmark Eel
TwilightHushfin
TwilightPaperbell Squid
TwilightShelfclinger Crab
TwilightMiddrift Ray
TwilightGlassbone Fish
TwilightDuskhollow Jelly
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