TGIF – Pretty pictures from Okeanos Explorer
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By , on April 27th, 2012 4 comments   Biodiversity, Cephalopods!, Coral, Critters, Deep Sea 101, Expeditions, Fish, New Research, TGIF: Pictures & Movies, Vessels and Equipment   , , , ,  

This week the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer has been dropping its ROV Little Hercules onto various features in the northern Gulf of Mexico, including an old wood/iron wreck, salt domes and man-made seismic trenches.  Okeanos has an interesting remote arrangement where folks back on the continent can direct the ROV pilots in real time by . . . → Read More: TGIF – Pretty pictures from Okeanos Explorer

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Okeanos Explorer in the Gulf of Mexico
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By , on March 31st, 2012 14 comments   Expeditions, New Research, Oil Spills, Vessels and Equipment   , , ,  

This is a time sensitive post.  By the time some find it, there may be nothing showing, but right now at 1155hrs EDSL, there’s a great feed from the Little Hercules ROV at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, looking at some deep corals See more here Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}This is a time . . . → Read More: Okeanos Explorer in the Gulf of Mexico

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WE R TAKIN OVAR UR CITY AN PRES
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By , on November 13th, 2010 Leave a comment   Bringin' It, Conservation & Environment, Life At Sea, Plastic, Scientist!   , ,  

DSN’s vey on Miriam G.  is featured in the San Francisco Chronicle.  Head over to read about her recent work on the Pacific Garbage Patch aboard the Okeanos Explorer.  We at DSN are brimming with pride at her accomplishments. “For a thousand miles of the open ocean we sampled it all,” said Miriam Goldstein, an . . . → Read More: WE R TAKIN OVAR UR CITY AN PRES

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Update on NOAA Expedition in the Indian Ocean
Update on NOAA Expedition in the Indian Ocean avatar

By , on July 19th, 2010 Leave a comment   Biodiversity, Critters, Expeditions, New Research, Seamount   , , , , , , , , ,  

This is a perspective view of the Kawio Barat (West Kawio) seamount looking from the northwest. The underwater volcano rises around 3,800 meters from the seafloor. Credit: Image courtesy of INDEX 2010: "Indonesia-USA Deep-Sea Exploration of the Sangihe Talaud Region." The join Indonesia – U.S. exploration of the deep ocean north of Sulawesi, Indonesia mapped . . . → Read More: Update on NOAA Expedition in the Indian Ocean

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The Creation of a New Deep-Sea Feature
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By , on August 18th, 2009 One comment   Expeditions, Geology, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls   , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

A mysterious plume, possibly a stream of ice-covered methane bubbles (inset arrow), rises about 1.4 kilometers from the seafloor off the coast of California. The plume originates in a previously unknown, amphitheater-shaped scar (main image, arrow) on the ocean bottom about 32 kilometers northwest of California’s Cape Mendocino. A recent oceanographic survey on the NOAA . . . → Read More: The Creation of a New Deep-Sea Feature

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TGIF: Deep-sea exploration’s new flagship
TGIF: Deep-sea exploration’s new flagship avatar

By , on August 22nd, 2008 3 comments   Vessels and Equipment   , , , ,  

All good things must come to and end, so they may have a new beginning. And so begins the next chapter in the history of deep ocean exploration… . . . → Read More: TGIF: Deep-sea exploration’s new flagship

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