We found the “Barbie Pig”!
Here are some of the latest #smartexccz results.
Amazing animals from the abyssal Pacific Clarion Clipperton Zone
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Interested in deep-sea ecology and anthropogenic disturbance? We are seeking a Postdoc with experience in seabed megafauna, image analysis, and strong publishing track record, at National Oceanography Centre. Apply here: careers.noc.ac.uk/wd/plsql/wd_po…

A sea lily in the abyssal Pacific #smartexccz National Oceanography Centre

Sea cucumber slowly glides along the seafloor while eating. Sped up so 8 minutes takes 8 seconds #smartexccz

Exciting the see the southern constellations in the night sky over the Pacific: the Southern Cross and Scorpius #smartexccz

Drone video of our autonomous submarine #smartexccz National Oceanography Centre

This seapen has the amazing name Umbellula. It is bioluminescent and may act as a beacon of light on the abyssal seafloor here in the Pacific Clarion Clipperton Zone #smartexccz National Oceanography Centre Natural History Museum Science

Our autonomous submarine Autosub5 surfaces after mapping, sampling and photographing abyssal Pacific biodiversity #smartexccz ⁦National Oceanography Centre⁩

Sea anemone on the Pacific abyssal seafloor in the Clarion Clipperton Zone #smartexccz National Oceanography Centre Natural History Museum Science

At over 70 cm long, this lizardfish is one of the biggest things we've seen on our expedition to the abyssal seafloor of the Pacific Clarion Clipperton Zone #smartexccz National Oceanography Centre Natural History Museum Science

A long way from land #smartexccz ⁦National Oceanography Centre⁩

Watching our autonomous submarine dive for an abyssal biodiversity assessment mission #smartexccz ⁦National Oceanography Centre⁩

Just seen this anemone at 4100 m depth in the Pacific Clarion Clipperton Zone #smartexccz National Oceanography Centre

Interested in deep-sea benthic ecology? We are seeking 2 Research Assistants with experience in seabed megafauna taxonomy and/or image analysis, at National Oceanography Centre. Please PM if interested!

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Abyssal prawn imaged by robotic submarine. An example of the amazing biodiversity of the Pacific Clarion Clipperton Zone #smartexccz National Oceanography Centre

Lighting the face of the deep. Our robotic submarine illuminates a glass sponge in the abyss #smartexccz National Oceanography Centre

Our first pictures of the Clarion Clipperton Zone seabed from the time-lapse camera Bathysnap #smartexccz National Oceanography Centre

Recovering our time-lapse camera Bathysnap. It has been on the seabed taking photos for 330 days to uncover behaviour of abyssal animals #smartexccz National Oceanography Centre

First boxcore #smartexccz National Oceanography Centre

Nightshift got a visit from an Oceanic Whitetip Shark #smartexccz National Oceanography Centre