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NOAA Ocean Exploration
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NOAA Ocean Exploration
@oceanexplorer
Official @NOAA account for NOAA Ocean Exploration, the only federal organization dedicated to exploring and understanding our ocean.
Joined August 2008
- Today's #Okeanos dive has wrapped up, but if you're hungry for more, check out this shark footage -- complete with surprise ending! To learn more about this rare encounter, visit: go.usa.gov/xyD8K
00:00 - We often encounter brittle stars when exploring, but usually we see them buried in sediment or entwined in coral branches. So it was an exciting surprise to see this one swimming along in the water column! Look at it go! Learn more: oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explor…
00:00 - Big...or maybe we should say "giant" news! A few days ago, we posted about how Journey into Midnight expedition team was hunting for giant squid in Gulf of Mexico. Well, they found one... Take a break from #Okeanos live video for the full story: oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/1…
00:00 - This cute chimaera stopped to say hello to ROV Deep Discoverer during a dive off FL coast, giving us a good view of the lateral lines running across its head that allow it to detect pressure waves (like our ears). Hey little, buddy!
00:00 - On Saturday's #Okeanos dive, we saw several sublinear sets of holes in the seafloor. The origin of the holes has scientists stumped. The holes look human made, but the little piles of sediment around them suggest they were excavated by...something. What's YOUR hypothesis?
- For your midweek moment of deep-sea Zen, we bring you a hypnotic holothurian, or sea cucumber. Seen at a depth of 3,175 meters (2 miles) near the base of submarine volcano in Indonesian waters, this graceful swimmer isn't really living up to its (vegetable) namesake, is it?
00:00 - Looks like someone has a case of the Mondays... We saw this particularly grumpy-looking ophidiiform cusk eel while exploring in the Gulf of Mexico at a depth of 1,585 meters (5,200 feet).
00:00 - Happy #Halloween from “Casper,” the friendly ghostlike octopus! Seen on #Okeanos expedition off Hawaii, it is likely a new species!
00:00 - Let it snow...in the ocean! Marine snow is mostly biological debris that sinks from top ocean layers to seafloor, providing food for deep-ocean animals. #OceanMonthNOAA #OceanMonth2022 📽️: Whiplash squid (Mastigoteuthis sp.) seen off New England coast oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/news/explorati…
00:00 - How about capping off Friday with a little sea cucumber ballet? Seen at a depth of 3,175 meters (2 miles) near the base of submarine volcano in Indonesian waters, this graceful swimmer isn't really living up to its (vegetable) namesake, is it?
00:00 - Annnd...we’re back! Figure that deserves a toothy grin (like the one on this deep-sea lizardfish, imaged at ~ 1,770 m depth during #Okeanos Windows to the Deep 2018 expedition). Thanks for your patience & support — looking forward to getting out & exploring soon!
- NEW ghostlike octopod likely undescribed species; seen on #Okeanos dive ~4300m deep: go.usa.gov/cw8vY
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