This is a deep-sea octopus from the genus Cirrothauma, filmed 2,923 meters beneath the Ocean’s surface during the #Doldrums expedition.
For #WorldOceanDay we paired this footage with a Mary Oliver poem, as part of our #PoetryInOcean series. Read the full caption here: youtube.com/shorts/CnAC8...
Join us for a Schmidt Ocean Institute Back Ashore discussion, where we hear from scientists following expeditions on R/V Falkor and Falkor (too) to learn where the science has taken them. Register here:
https://schmidtocean-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Vpq_AjDtQ1mb0vZlFbU2Dg#/registration
Join us for a Schmidt Ocean Institute Back Ashore discussion, where we hear from scientists following expeditions on R/V Falkor and Falkor (too) to learn where the science has taken them. Register here:
https://schmidtocean-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Vpq_AjDtQ1mb0vZlFbU2Dg#/registration
Teuthowenia Tuesday! ROV pilots filmed this glass squid during the #DesigningTheFuture3 expedition at 739 m. Read about the animal and the DeepPIV imaging system from @kakanikatija.bsky.social & @mbarinews.bsky.social via the YouTube caption: youtube.com/shorts/ekV8I...
Join us for a Schmidt Ocean Institute Back Ashore discussion, where we hear from scientists following expeditions on R/V Falkor and Falkor (too) to learn where the science has taken them. Register here:
https://schmidtocean-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Vpq_AjDtQ1mb0vZlFbU2Dg#/registration
Dr. Manu Prakash of @prakashlab.bsky.social at Stanford University watches this midwater tableau fr #DesigningTheFuture3 expedition (filmed at 393m) and asks, "Who's eating whom?" (Read full caption on YouTube to learn more.)
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A moment of discovery!
It was a nearly 20-hour dive that the science team will never forget — discovering the first vents in the little-explored #Doldrums Megatransform & Fracture Zone.
(Led by Aaron Micallef of @mbarinews.bsky.social )
Read more via YouTube caption: youtube.com/shorts/ocR0l...
Poetry in Ocean: haiku edition
Rosacea jelly
caught on the camera control
my rosaries scatter
This haiku was penned by Dr. Dhugal Lindsay, an expert in gelatinous animals and a renowned haiku poet. #DesigningTheFuture3 502 m
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EJN and @schmidtocean.bsky.social invite journalists and content creators in Brazil who are interested in covering ocean science and deep-sea exploration to a workshop in Fortaleza (Sept 14–16). Learn more and apply by June 18: https://loom.ly/3ZbMOmU
I found you in this vast ocean, my love, and I am not letting go. #protistsonsky
With @prakashlab.bsky.social
