Northeast canyons sea floor in Hi Def

[Dino]

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/media/exstream/exstream_04.html

pretty awesome... been watching it at work.. havent seen any tile fish yet but plenty of squirrel hakes zipping around on the bottom.. enjoy :cool: :cool:

[Dino]

found this half hour ago.. species seen already: skate, crabs, starfish, and hakes ... no tiles or other gamefish seen yet. apparently they are out there exploring until august 8th.. really cool ! tilefisherman **** this is your terrain !! enjoy

[joerosa1]

Caught a glimpse of a fishing rig with mono line and also some isolated white canister hidden away in a rocky slope.

[Andreas Toy]

Was watching it very cool,
How long is it?

[Dino]

any time they put the ROV down to do some exploring the live feed goes up.

[Jlavine]

It was kinda cool to watch. They mostly saw the same bare rock formations, occasional small octopus, coral, shellfish, some debris, etc. I had the sound in in the background as I worked, just interesting to see/hear them work. They are headed back to NY now and will do their next live dive 8/1.

[shresearchdude]

From July to August 2013, a team of scientists and technicians both at-sea and on shore will conduct exploratory investigations on the diversity and distribution of deep-sea habitats and marine life along the Northeast U.S. Canyons and at Mytilus Seamount, located within the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone. The 36-day expedition is composed of two cruise ‘legs.’

The exploration area for this community-driven expedition was identified based on the discussions and information stemming from the May 2011 Atlantic Basin Workshop and priority area input received from other NOAA programs and the management community. Using this input, and data acquired during previous Atlantic Canyon Undersea Mapping Expeditions (ACUMEN Project), NOAA and the broader science community have identified a number of exciting targets to explore during the two cruise legs, commencing the next steps in systematic exploration. In the coming weeks, we expect to explore cold seeps, deep coral communities, undersea canyons, landslide features, and a seamount.

The expedition also marks the first time NOAA’s new 6,000 meter remotely operated vehicle (ROV), Deep Discoverer and the Seirios camera sled and lighting platform will be used to in a full telepresence-enabled ocean exploration with NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. When these systems are deployed from the ship, we will be able to provide scientists and the audiences onshore with real-time video footage from deepwater areas in important, yet largely unknown, U.S. waters.

[Jlavine]

On the video they are pulling into NY now, interesting to watch still.