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All good things must come to and end, so they may have a new beginning. So begins the next chapter in the history of deep ocean exploration... The NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer was commissioned this week in Seattle, WA. The vessel will be equipped with two deep-sea ROVs capable of broadcasting high-…
Schematic diagram of the DSV Alvin from the Ocean Explorer (NOAA) website.
Clione, a shell-less snail know as the Sea Butterfly swims in the shallow waters beneath Arctic ice. Image courtesy of NOAA Ocean Explorer and Elisabeth Calvert, University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
An undescribed species of Lamellibrachia, some with their red plumes extended out of their tubes.  Image from NOAA Ocean Explorer and courtesy of AquaPix, Erik Cordes, Expedition to the Deep Slope 2006.