Supercut of Amazing Underwater Critters and Geology in PRIMNM | Nautilus Live

During our dive of an unnamed seamount in the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument (PRIMNM) we encountered marvelous critters of all shapes and sizes. In this supercut you can spot gelatinous jellyfish floating above the seafloor, sponges standing tall like underwater sculptures with intricate lace patterns and high-density colonies of coral. You will also witness some beautiful geology of this ancient volcano including eruptive fissure and columnar jointing from magma which rapidly cooled during an eruption 80-100 million years ago.

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Adorable. That little jellyfish looks so happy just floating around in an underwater playground.

[dbprisms]

The best cuts ever, one of my favorite YouTube channels! Thank you for sharing

[andreeadoria]

I love those big sponges. Especialy those looking like a satellite dish or something simillar to an armchair. 😊

[alexiswilliamsinc]

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- 0:01 Baby bottle cap in dishwater

- 0:37 Breaded fried whiting

- 1:22 Big brain time + bonus pocket lint

- 1:57 Wrinkly bath finger [or]

- 2:15 Ancient booger wrapped in cheesecloth

- 3:15 Overgrown snowflake garden

- 4:00 Cheer semifinals hair poof web

- 4:40 Lukewarm lava ladder

- 5:17 Fuzzy sweater sleeve

- 5:40 .5mm pencil lead refills

- 5:49 Loose thread from fuzzy sweater sleeve

[TzadikTheManic]

That closeup of the sponge @ 3:00 just wow!! It’s like delicate filigree, or actually it also reminds me a lot of paper mache :)

[dragonheart]

That sponge was crazy I didn't know they got big

[CChissel]

Thanks for the observation depth! And thank you for filming the live excursions as well as editing and uploading videos like these! You guys have the coolest jobs, it’s got to be wonderful to love the work you do. Hopefully I’ll get to that point some day.

[S....]

Observation depth info, you listen!
Thank you so much :)

[ogg]

I could watch for hours and hours! I always wonder what the animals "think" of a bright light suddenly appearing in their world. I'd also love to hear facts about the substrate, the water temps, the pressure.

[dewantoroo]

This expedition got a loooot of Argus / Atalanta cool shots!

[JNArnold]

Does anyone know what the creature at 4 min mark that is using some kind of web structure to anchor itself is? Someone says "Stichopathes" but seems like that might have been for something in a previous shot.

[Lishadra]

Something about deep-sea sponges and corals is deeply upsetting to me. Good for them

[galaxyn]

This is a cool video to watch on Robert Ballard's birthday.

[scionofpluto]

What's the animal at around 4:25? They say earlier that it's Stichopathes, but I looked up that name and Stichopathes is a black coral which is nothing like animal with a spider silk like structure radiating out from it's body like the one in this video.

[readytogo]

Does the current at that depth affect the surface current, vice-versa, or one has nothing to do with the other?

[mariashaffer-gordon]

Even the shots without animals are interesting.

[dannysullivan]

Watching David Attenborough green planet dynasties 2 and the mating game

[JBMoney.]

Jellyfish looks like a condom under water lol

[Shaden]

There are no heely FIAG. Fiah have eyes, scales, dins, and gills. This creature is a sea jekky. or even more accurately a sea aspic.