Author: Holly Morin
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Discoveries from Leg 3 of the Okeanos Explorer’s EX1605 Expedition
Completed on July 10th, leg three of the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer‘s EX1605 expedition was chock-full of discoveries. The Okeanos‘s remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) conducted 22 dives, exploring many recently-mapped sites in the Mariana Trench Marine National Monument (MTMNM). They ventured where no ROVs have dove before.
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What is an ROV?
If the ocean is so unfathomably wide and deep, how can scientists possibly hope to do any more than dip our noses beneath the waves to explore? Luckily, engineers have adapted machines to reach areas of the ocean that would never be possible with a human alone. This is where remotely operated vehicles, or ROVs,…
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ISC Team helps discover black box from El Faro shipwreck
UPDATE: Transcripts from the El Faro‘s black box have been released by the National Transportation Safety Board. The recording covers the last hours of the voyage. The Inner Space Center was integral in the discovery of the black box and was praised by federal investigators. Original Post: The Inner Space Center (ISC) team has been working in…
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Northwest Passage Project Press Release
URI’s Graduate School of Oceanography receives $2.9 million grant for groundbreaking Arctic expedition Team will sail into Northwest Passage next August to conduct research, education aboard tall ship, Oliver Hazard Perry NARRAGANSETT, R.I., Sept. 7, 2016—The University of Rhode Island has received a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation to conduct a groundbreaking…
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Introducing the Newest U.S. Academic Research Vessel: R/V Sally Ride
Named in honor of the first woman to travel into space, Dr. Sally K. Ride, the R/V Sally Ride is the newest of the United State’s Academic Research Vessels (UNOLS). Operated by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, in cooperation with the Office of Naval Research (ONR), Sally Ride…
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Live from the Okeanos Explorer – Pearl Harbor Day Event
75 years after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer will be diving live on two Japanese mini submarines. Join us on December 7, 2016 to witness the first ever live broadcast of the exploration of the wreck site. Visit the National Marine Sanctuaries website for additional images. https://youtu.be/xLxvTLJlDvc
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Telepresence on the R/V Sally Ride
From November 28 to December 5, 2016, the Inner Space Center (ISC) supported a science verification cruise for the R/V Sally Ride, one of two, new vessels in the U.S. Academic Research Fleet. These short cruises are intended to test the ship, crew, and science systems to make sure that all are in proper working…
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Amazing aphyonid fish!
The NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer has been having an amazing cruise leg with lots of new discoveries. Last night the scientists made another amazing discovery. The scientists observed an aphyonid fish, roughly 10 cm long. This is the first time that this creature has ever been seen alive! Scientists were thrilled to see such an amazing fish! This eel-like…
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Shark Week 2016
Remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) Deep Discoverer and Seirios encountered a deep-water, small tooth sand tiger shark at Maug Volcano in the Marianas Trench National Marine Monument (MTNM) on June, 19, 2016. Video courtesy NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, streamed live by the Inner Space Center during cruise leg EX1605L3.
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Hermit crab that uses anemone as shell
Video courtesy NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, Dive 15: Explorer Ridge, June 30, 2016.