2019 Nautilus Expedition Highlights | Nautilus Live

From the South Pacific to California's coast, documenting deepwater coral colonies to the peaks of underwater volcanoes, the 2019 Nautilus expedition has spanned six months and hundreds of hours of ROV dives. As we switch our live streams off for the year, catch up on some of our most spectacular sightings to grace our deep sea spotlight--including a whale fall feeding bonanza, ballooning cirroteuthid octopus, new vent fields, and a sinuous, rarely-seen squid.

An oceanwide thank you to the hardworking Nautilus ship's crew, all of the science teams and partners who sailed with us this year--and all our viewers-turned-explorers who joined us on Nautilus Live as we marveled at deep sea reaches never before seen by human eyes. Stay tuned for more highlights from our season, and join us again in early summer 2020 as we launch our next expedition!
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[luqqy]

Octopus: *adorable waving goodbye to the submarine*
Also octopus: *sitting next to huge skeleton of dead whale*

[Amir-oyvm]

Animals: Just chilling.


Scientist: *roasting every creature*

[Strype]

[2:08] That friendly octopus actually waved goodbye. That's adorable.

[RickyRiceB]

21:35 “He wants us to know that he’s too big to slurp”
this is the kind of biologist I aspire to be

[alexjrk]

"I should look that up before I say words" ah, what separates a scientist from the common man

[Proserpira]

"WE FOUND A YES YES YES!!!!"
i love someone who loves their job so much

[dinoclaire]

This sounds like a suspiciously polite game chat.

[lobsterspasta]

Marine biologists expectations: serious, takes things seriously, studies species in the deep sea

Marine biologists reality: *woaAHhhH* *that looks so weird* *wow*

[sharkofjoy]

That octopus appearing to wave goodbye at 2:08 as they left the whale fall got me directly in the heart.

[acoolusername]

Scientists: Beautiful hydrothermal is bent. We need samples.

Also Scientists: CRAB CRAB CRAB CRAB CRAB CRAB

[jaydave]

2:07 gotta love the octopus waving goodbye

[JordynHealing]

It's nice to hear them discussing among themselves and figuring out what things are together. It reminds you that scientists are just human beings too.

[categoryis]

Came for the animals. Stayed for the scientist group chat.

[johnmanzuki]

2:08 I LOVE that the octopuspus waves them 'goodbye!' 😭.

[AK-jtgx]

As a student of marine biology, this really be how it is. Field work is very candid and nerdy. I would love to have these folks’ specific job one day.

[tobistein]

People keep saying that they have “stoner energy, ” but all I see is enthusiasm for their work and appreciation for the natural world.

[kazzoey]

i think “oh noooo it’s spooky” is the best scientific observation i’ve ever heard

[TheSaltBoiCometh]

"would've gotten away with it if it wasn't for us meddling scientists" everything these people say is absolute GOLD

[iceybrice]

8:36
Elite Reputable Scientist:


"where's the brainy part"

[bajablast]

Mans a whole scientist and said “where’d the little brainy part go” 🥺