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E/V Nautilus

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Explore the ocean LIVE with Dr. Robert Ballard and the Corps of Exploration. Official ⛴#NautilusLive account. Watch our 24/7 live stream ⬇️!

Joined October 2009

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Oct 16, 2019
WHALEY BIG FIND! We're still documenting the baleen whale skeleton we discovered with @MBNMS at Davidson Seamount off central CA's coast. Scavenging fish and octopus strip blubber while bone-eating Osedax worms dissolve bones onsite. Watch #NautilusLIVE: nautiluslive.org
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Oct 16, 2019
WHALEFALL! The Nautilus team just discovered a whale skeleton on the seafloor covered in bone-eating worms, cusk eels, and octopus devouring this massive deep sea meal. Watch #NautilusLive as our science team gathers more data at Davidson Seamount @MBNMS: nautiluslive.org
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Sep 20, 2018
Big gulp! The Nautilus team spotted a gulper eel doing just that in @hawaiireef. That pouch-like mouth can inflate in an instant, scooping up much larger prey like a pelican! This gulper was likely a juvenile, as they can grow up to three feet in length. #NautilusinPMNM
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Sep 9, 2019
This elegant Cirroteuthid octopus billows its arms like a circus tent! Little is known about this octopus family, and this may be an undescribed species: nautl.us/2A0yTgD 👀1600m @ Baker Island, Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument @USFWSPacific @NOAAFish_PIRO
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Nov 13, 2017
Did you see it?! We had an extended visit with a Vampyroteuthis infernalis (literally meaning "vampire squid from hell"). Neither a squid nor octopus, this fierce-sounding cephalopod actually fishes for marine snow using two retractable filaments and mucus-covered suckers!
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Oct 25, 2018
🐙CEPHALOPOD ALERT🐙We observed 1000+ deep sea octopus (Muusoctopus robustus) exploring #DavidsonSeamount @MBNMS. Never before seen in such massive aggregations, females were brooding eggs near shimmering fluid seeps--previously unknown to occur in this region! #NautilusinMBNMS
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Jun 8, 2019
Few places on planet earth offer glimpses into alien worlds, and Nautilus and the @SUBSEA_research team just discovered one! For #WorldOceansDay, dive on the otherworldly Apollo Vent Field, part of Gorda Ridge off the California-Oregon border. @NASA @NASAAmes @oceanexplorer
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Jul 8, 2019
"Hello" "WOW" "Hi friend!" The #NautilusLive mission control team erupts in excitement and adoration when a dumbo octopus (Grimpoteuthis sp.) photobombs our visual survey of rocky ridges with ROV Hercules.
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Oct 23, 2018
Spooky! This ghostly Grimpoteuthis octopus drifted past flapping wing-like fins, then ballooned out its webbed arms. Also known as an umbrella octopus, this individual was approx. 60cm (almost two feet) long! 👻Spotted near #DavidsonSeamount in @MBNMS #NautilusinMBNMS
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Sep 9, 2023
The team is in awe circling the USSYorktown bow, a WWII aircraft carrier sunk in the #BattleofMidway now lying over 5,000m deep in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Explore this history with us live: NautilusLive.org 📷: “Ocean Exploration Trust, NOAA”
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Oct 16, 2019
Miss our overWHALEming discovery today? We found a baleen whale skeleton being actively scavenged at Davidson Seamount with @MBNMS. Rewind up to 12hours on nautiluslive.org & we’ll post our full dive video soon. Did you have favorite #NautilusLive screenshots from today?
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Oct 23, 2020
Someone aboard #NautilusLive had food on their mind when they nicknamed this the Cheeto Sponge! The two green dots on the second image represent 10 centimeters (4 inches) — a size that suggests this sponge could be more than a century old!
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Aug 16, 2016
Meet the stubby squid, our latest deep sea denizen. Watch live as we explore off Big Sur: nautiluslive.org
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Oct 9, 2020
🐙🐋DIVE ALERT🐋🐙 #NautilusLive is heading to Davidson Seamount to dive on the Octopus Garden and this spectacular whale fall with @MBNMS and @GFNMS and expect to launch the ROVs at 4:00 p.m PT. This is a dive you won’t want to miss! Explore LIVE at nautiluslive.org.
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