break what you ’re doing and watch this . Below the fold are three eminent - definition streams of the sea floor , currently diffuse LIVE via NOAA ’s new 6,000 - time remotely operated vehicle ( ROV ) , Deep Discoverer . It ’s … well … let ’s just say you might want to clear your docket for the day .
The Northeast U.S. Canyons Expedition is one of the first geographic expedition missions that lets seaward audience tune in live , with entree to material - time , high - quality video footage from deepwater areas .
For the last calendar month or so , scientists aboard NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer have been work with onshore technician to best understand the bionomics of one of the most poorly understand placement on Earth : the sea floor . The missionary post ’s specific goal is to search deep - ocean habitats and marine life along the Northeast U.S. Canyons and at Mytilus Seamount , regions of the seafloor situated a few hundred miles off the coast of New England . To do it , researchers are using a mark raw 6,000 - meter ROV call Deep Discovery and a sweet television camera setup to fetch the community nearer to the skill than ever . Via NOAA :
The exploration expanse for this residential district - repulse despatch was place based on the discussions and selective information stem from theMay 2011 Atlantic Basin Workshopand priority area input signal received from other NOAA programs and the management residential area . Using this input , and data point acquired during previousAtlantic Canyon Undersea Mapping Expeditions(ACUMEN Project ) , NOAA and the wide science community have identified a figure of exciting aim to explore during the two cruise legs , commencing the next steps in taxonomic geographic expedition . In the come weeks , we await to search cold seeps , deep coral biotic community , undersea canyon , landslip features , and a seamount .
sport below is the first ofthree ( ! ) live feeds , all currently streaming live via Okeanos . The dives are being narrated by mission scientist and technician . I ’ve been watching all break of the day ( several hours at this point ) and it has been systematically engaging . Be warned : these feed are MAJOR clock time - suck . lots of deep - sea marine life-time to be had ( a swordfish literally just swim by on feed 1 ) and giddy scientists to recite the whole affair . The excitement is tangible . You feel like you ’re on a deep sea dive , prove to get squids like the one up top to furrow laser pointer ( oh yeah , the ROV is equip with a laser pointer ) . It ’s genuinely incredible .
Enough talk . Here ’s the basal feed along with the description for today ’s diving :
0930EDT : Today ’s dive is in an named area between Lydonia and Powell Canyons . It will be a shallow dive much like yesterday ’s prima donna . The ROV will start out at 635 meters then work up to 500 meters . The ROV is schedule to leave the bottom a few minutes after 1600EDT .
Read more about the mission and its educational aimsover at NOAA , where you could also watchALL THREE FEEDS SIMULTANEOUSLY .
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