For each month in 2021, we are posting a wallpaper calendar along with historic and NOAA Ocean Exploration-relevant exploration highlights from that month from years past.

Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: December

For each month in 2021, we are posting a wallpaper calendar along with historic and NOAA Ocean Exploration-relevant exploration highlights from that month from years past.

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From 2008 through early November 2021, NOAA Ocean Exploration mapped 2 million square kilometers (772,204 square miles) of seafloor aboard NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. Okeanos Explorer is equipped with state-of-the-art multibeam sonar systems that use beams of sound to map the ocean floor. This map shows the cumulative multibeam mapping coverage. The gray lines indicate the boundaries of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone.
NOAA Ocean Exploration Meets Major Mapping Milestone on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer
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Celebrating 20 Years of NOAA Ocean Exploration: Amazing Feeding Events
Celebrating 20 Years of NOAA Ocean Exploration: Amazing Feeding Events
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It’s not every dive that deep-sea explorers encounter a bigfin squid (Magnapinna sp.). It’s actually pretty unusual; roughly a dozen sightings have been confirmed worldwide. So, when we captured an adult bigfin squid on camera during Dive 10 of Windows to the Deep 2021 off the West Florida Escarpment in the Gulf of Mexico, it was quite an exciting moment.
Bigfin Squid
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About NOAA Ocean Exploration

About NOAA Ocean Exploration

Learn about NOAA Ocean Exploration, the nation's only federal organization dedicated to exploring the global ocean.

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Data and Results

Data & Results

Access diverse scientific data, video, images, documents, and other information associated with office-supported ocean exploration expeditions.

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www.DeepOceanEducation.org

www.DeepOceanEducation.org

The Deep Ocean Education Project website makes learning about the deep-sea accessible to all.

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Discovery of SS Bloody Marsh

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