Sam Mendes, the Oscar-winning director of Skyfall, Spectre and American Beauty, brings his singular vision to his World War I epic, 1917. At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield (Captain Fantastic’s George MacKay) and Blake (Game of Thrones’ Dean-Charles Chapman) are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers—Blake’s own brother among them.

With multiple spirals and willow-like tendrils, deep-sea Iridigorgia soft corals pepper an otherwise barren seascape with their fine, intricate designs. Our team viewed these stunning curling corals at a depth of 1,660 meters (5,450 feet). Iridigorgia offer prime real estate to a variety of aquatic organisms who live and thrive along their stalk, including hydroids, crinoids, and brittle stars.