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Category: Video Bites

  • Okeanos Explorer Dives on Pearl Harbor Mini Subs

    Okeanos Explorer Dives on Pearl Harbor Mini Subs

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    Holly Morin
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    On December 7th, 2016, the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer dove on two Japanese mini-subs that sank 75 years earlier, during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The USS Ward fired the first shot of the Pacific War, sinking this submarine 90 minutes before the air raid on Pearl Harbor. This attack marked the introduction of the…

  • Discoveries from Leg 3 of the Okeanos Explorer’s EX1605 Expedition

    Discoveries from Leg 3 of the Okeanos Explorer’s EX1605 Expedition

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    Holly Morin
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    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.

  • “A poor life choice” – ROV D2 discovers an interesting hermit crab

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  • Armored Shrimp

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    Alex DeCiccio
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    A shrimp with “armor.” When you’re on the menu, any evolutionary help matters. The NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer continues to research the underwater mysteries of the Gulf of Mexico. Here is a short clip of a brief moment with an unfamiliar face. Not much in the deep sea is an herbivore, almost everything eats and is…

  • Sea Life and Salt

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    Alex DeCiccio
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    The NOAA science team stumbles upon an underwater salt lake, also known as a “brine pool.” The NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer has been diving its ROV, D2, in the Gulf of Mexico this April. Here is a video clip of one of their awesome encounters in the depths of the Gulf. A brine pool is literally…

  • Black Bubbles

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    Alex DeCiccio
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    The Gulf of Mexico is a very “energetic” place. The NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer is in the Gulf of Mexico for the whole month of April. Every discovery they make is being broadcast here to our site, live. Here is one that you may have missed. The NOAA science team came across some interesting features…

  • Ice That Burns

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    Alex DeCiccio
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    The Okeanos science team comes across a rocky outcrop, and discovers a huge abundance of animals that are usually around gas seeps or methane seeps. The NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer is exploring the Gulf of Mexico for the entire month of April. From the first splash of remotely operated vehicle D2, the discoveries have been…