You can follow the expedition on the NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries social media channels, and check back here for updates, photos, and video as the expedition continues. Read on for details on the expedition's voyages into your national marine sanctuaries.

Plus, telepresence will bring the National Marine Sanctuary System and ocean science to the classroom, as students across the country will directly engage with mission staff and operations.įor a full run-down of Ocean Exploration Trust's 2019 expedition plan and to watch live video, visit. The E/V Nautilus is equipped with telepresence, which will allow scientists from around the world to participate and contribute to the success of this mission. The NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research provides support for the complementary ocean exploration program of the E/V Nautilus, which operates under a similar paradigm as the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. Throughout the summer and fall, researchers will conduct mapping operations and use remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to investigate Cordell Bank, Greater Farallones, and Monterey Bay national marine sanctuaries as well as National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa.

You can watch these recorded live interactions here. Through Facebook Live, viewers interacted with explorers and witnessed exploration operations in real time. A mapping project using Autonomous Surface Vehicle (ASV) BEN supported ongoing exploration and management of Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary’s maritime heritage sites in May. Working aboard the Exploration Vessel (E/V) Nautilus, scientists will map and explore sanctuary sites along the California coast and west to National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa in the South Pacific.ĭuring an early mission in May in Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, Ocean Exploration Trust used portable technology to explore Lake Huron. Every element is so foreign we’re deep undersea, the dead whale is the habitat, and even those bone-eating worms are beautiful.įuture Tense is a partnership of Slate, New America, and Arizona State University that examines emerging technologies, public policy, and society.This spring, summer, and fall, NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries is teaming up with Ocean Exploration Trust to explore the marine ecosystems of the West Coast and Pacific Islands Regions.

And how could there not be? Watching the feed feels sort of like being on drugs. Adorably, the scientists also note that there are more people watching their livestream than ever. They talk about the samples of bone they’ll take to figure out “who our whale friend was” they oooh over a photo-bombing octopus they wonder if long tube structures are (or were) the whale’s aorta they observe that some of the animals attending the whale fall look spaced out like they’re in a Thanksgiving food coma. Listening to the crew chat as they pan around the scene is part of the charm of the feed. It was a surprise to everyone,” noted one of the crew members narrating the feed. It’s Time to Prepare for Your Personal Zombie Apocalypse They Raised a $1 Million for a Device That Gives You Lucid Dreams. The sunken carcass is called a whale fall and can support a whole community of creatures, according to the National Ocean Service, as one is here. The worms are so tightly clustered on the skeleton they look at first like some kind of algae. In addition to scientists and truly adorable octopuses, the dead whale has attracted the attention of cusk eels and lots ( lots) of bone-eating worms. A team aboard the Nautilus discovered the whale skeleton just hours ago, according to the research vessel’s Twitter feed, while exploring the Davidson Seamount, an underwater mountain, with a pair of remotely operated vehicles.

Nautilus submarine livestream