10,000 Leagues Under the Sea...NOAA Ocean Explorer: Okeanos Explorer

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Today I read about an under water live feed from the Gulf of Mexico that will be going on until 30 April 2014. Below is the article and a link the website that contains the three live feeds.

If you want to discover what deep sea exploration is like, you don’t have to head to the nearest submarine quite yet. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) is currently carrying out the Okeanos Explorer mission. This three-week-long trek is exploring the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico with a remote vehicle.

There will be not just one, but THREE live feeds available during this mission. What is shown on the stream depends on the team’s current status. When the remote vehicles are out into the water, the stream will show the live feed of the ocean, the view of the ship’s deck, and the realtime data the scientists are receiving on land.

Since the launch on Thursday, the webcast has shown an underwater brine pool, gas seeps, and some coral beds. Before the April 30 conclusion of the mission, they also hope to explore some underwater canyons and even shipwrecks that are over 200 years old.

Today, the deepwater remote vehicle is 1100 m below the surface, searching for coral habitats. The Okeanos Explorer crew will be updating their website with what is coming up next, so be sure to check it out! If you do happen to miss out on the action, they are posting the highlights from the dives on their website.

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/media/exstream/exstream_04.html
 
Cool. I like underwater tv show's. The deep sea is very trippy everything looks like figures and sets somebody made in art class. Hope they find some new spieces. Some earth dominators. Thanks for posting it.
 
So cool Lora! It's a totally alien world down there. Every time I see things like this I'm reminded of how little we know about the planet we live on.
 
I think y'all should come on down here to the gulf coast for an Okeanos Explorer mission live feed marathon party!

Thanks for posting the link, Lora. Very cool.
 
Might be pretty much the boringest party for some, but here recently I had my wife call me a nerd. Really? A hard chargin' devil dog aviator nerd? I've sent more half-inch rounds down range in one aerial gun run than most have seen with their own eyeballs.

I must agree with my wife though, I can definitely be a freakin' nerd. And, you know what? I want to chill with my kind of nerd. Y'all come on down. Lets have a crawfish boil!
 
^^^^^2nds on that OOOOHRAAAAH^^^ Devil Dogs...Semper Fi
 
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