This beautiful sea anemone was seen during Dive 02 of the 2021 North Atlantic Stepping Stones expedition. Very little is known about this animal—it is likely an unknown species, genus, and even family. It is believed to have been seen once before on a NOAA Ocean Exploration expedition on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, but in the Pacific Ocean.

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Ancient Coral Garden

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As Christopher Kelley explains in this video, we don’t know much about planet Earth if we don’t know much about the deep sea. After several years of exploring the deep-sea environment in the Atlantic and Caribbean, NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer crossed the Panama Canal into the Pacific in late 2022.

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Deep Discoverer Imaging Yorktown Wreck

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Remotely operated vehicle Deep Discoverer images the wreck of USS Yorktown during a dive on April 19 as part of the Papahānaumokuākea ROV and Mapping expedition.

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Changing Colors

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These two octopuses, both of which demonstrated their color-changing abilities as the remotely operated vehicles approached, were seen during Dive 08 at Denson Seamount, at a depth of 1,378 meters (4,521 feet) and 1,345 meters (4,413 feet) respectively.

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