Designer - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Website - oceanexplorer.noaa.gov
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NOAAS Okeanos Explorer on Wikipedia
Deep Discoverer
Seirios ROV
https://youtu.be/6Z7REEnwKOQ
NOAA Titanic Expedition 2004: Breathtaking Wreck Footage
Uploaded on Dec 18, 2007
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Breathtaking... Nearly 20 years after first finding the sunken remains of the R.M.S. Titanic, marine explorer Robert Ballard returned in June 2004 helped by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Ocean Exploration to study the ship's rapid deterioration.
The R.M.S. Titanic team worked aboard the NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown from May 30 through June 9 spending 11 days at the wreck site, mapping the ship and conducting scientific analysis of its deterioration. Using the Institute for Exploration (IFE) remotely operated vehicles (ROV's) Hercules and Argus, to conduct a sophisticated documentation of the state of Titanic was not possible in the 1980's. This "Look, don't touch" mission utilized high-definition video and stereoscopic still images to provide an updated assessment of the wreck site at an enormous depth of 3,840 meters (12,600 feet).
As the nation's ocean agency, NOAA has a vested interest in the scientific and cultural aspects of the Titanic, and in its appropriate treatment and preservation. NOAA's focus is to build a baseline of scientific information from which we can measure the shipwreck's processes and deterioration, and then apply the knowledge we gain to other deep-water shipwrecks and submerged cultural resources. Video courtesy of the R.M.S. Titanic Expedition Team 2004, ROI, IFE, NOAA-OER.
"R.M.S. Titanic 2004 Expedition"
by Jeremy B. Weirich
May 27 – June 12, 2004
https://youtu.be/6aXR-SL5L2o
Okeanos Explorer 2016 - Camera 1
Started streaming on Jan 21, 2016
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From February 25 to March 18, scientists will continue 2015 Hohonu Moana expedition efforts to explore deep-water habitats in and around Papah?naumoku?kea Marine National Monument. The expedition will include work on seamounts in the Mid-Pacific Mountains while en route to port in Kwajalein.
For more information on the expedition, visit:
2016 Hohonu Moana: Exploring Deep Waters off Hawai?i
https://youtu.be/DRA8IzhC8vM
Okeanos Explorer 2016 - Camera 2
Started streaming on Feb 12, 2016
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From February 25 to March 18, scientists will continue 2015 Hohonu Moana expedition efforts to explore deep-water habitats in and around Papah?naumokuakea Marine National Monument. The expedition will include work on seamounts in the Mid-Pacific Mountains while en route to port in Kwajalein.
https://youtu.be/6rWHuwWJv3c
NEW Octopus Species: February 27, 2016
Published on Mar 3, 2016
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During the first dive of the Okeanos Explorer 2016 Hohonu Moana: Exploring Deep Waters off Hawaii expedition to explore on the northeast side of Necker Island, the Deep Discoverer remotely operated vehicle encountered this octopus, which confused several of our shore based scientists who have never seen anything like it. Upon further review, this ghostlike octopod is almost certainly an undescribed species and may not belong to any yet-described genus.
Learn more:
Deep Discoverer Discovers a Very Deep, Ghostlike Octopod
March 2, 2016
2016 Hohonu Moana: Exploring the Deep Waters Off Hawai?i: Mission Plan
February 25 - March 18, 2016