Updated Mesobot Provides Stunning Twilight Zone Ocean Footage | Nautilus Live

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s (HROV) Mesobot is back for our third iteration of the Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute (OECI) technology collaboration! Mesobot is one of three key pieces of ocean exploration technology hosted by E/V Nautilus on the NA155 expedition, and it returns this season with new systems upgrading its collaborative exploration power.

Mesobot’s brand-new cameras have captured exciting biodiversity from the ocean’s twilight zone, including luminescent siphonophores and salps, squid, swordfish and even an oceanic whitetip shark!

Working with partners like OET, URI and UNH through the NOAA Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute, weʻre bringing the best strengths of multiple vehicles together - mapping the ocean floor, monitoring water column migrations, directing robots like Mesobot to explore and make observations more precisely than ever before.

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[kuriokurio]

i've seen pictures of the ocean depths and its inhabitants, but getting a glimpse of it in video format is astonishing !!!! we can see how dynamic and full of activity this place feels, also the observations will probably help to shed some light (pun intended) into the understudied organisms on this habitat. congratulations to all the people working on this project !!

[GrymmsPlace]

And watching the3 Live EVNautilus stream is astounding. Us non-scientists can occasionally share in seeing a new creature never seen/recorded before. Well worth having the Live screen open when working on the other screen. (and you can post live questions and comments to the stream too)

[emthegem]

Beautiful!! It paints a picture of the deep sea more like a sky of stars rather than a pitch black space. I love the deep sea exploration and natural sciences, and never pictured the Twilight zone so lively! I always kind of pictured it like a barren, sunlight ridden place. So cool :)

[WireMosasaur]

so! many! salps! 🙌💙
the spiral chain at the end looked particularly cool!

[rebeless]

2:02 Amazing when you realize how large some of the creatures actually are. The shark and sword fish give a size comparison. The few anglerfish are at least the size of a dessert plate!

[peachfuzz]

Utterly beautiful. The expression "a sea of stars" gets a whole new meaning!
Most people know about shallow waters, the coastal zone and coral reefs. Some even concern themselves with the benthos deep down. But this video highlights the wonders and beauties of the great gap between the two! Thanks for making this available!

[toastybear]

Absolutely awed. It's like if you could do a term time-lapse in the middle of space. All the stars swim!

[sandymuller]

Wow, what a privilege to watch that ! Thank you

[vanteal]

Some of the most incredible footage I've ever seen!

[rogertemple]

Magnificent and Awesome to hear this
Thank You for your videos.😎👍👌

[suzettecalleja]

We can't wait too see more also.😊

[readytogo]

Wow! Stunning, mesmerizing, and… interesting just doesn’t do it. I rewatched, zooming in and out. I’ll do it again, too. Thank You!

[_JellyWalker]

Woah look at that perfect spiral at 4:59!

[jamiew]

Any idea of how long it took to compile all of these videos? Is this one dive or ten?

[chriswestbrook]

Do these videos show typical densities or are these super concentrated? It would also be great if there was some way to show the approximate size.

[TerryLawrence]

I might have less desire to swim at night now! I wouldn't want to get all them critters in my swim trunks!!

[elmitchell]

god i hope i can study this place one day. its my dream.

[emilyrucker]

So the deep is just a giant game of slither i.O

[crow_man]

Can't figure out if the long glowing things are either fish, siphonoiphores, or something else entirely. Any ideas?

[andybowen]

like an underwater James Webb telescope, in this case peering at part of what makes life on Earth