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ROV Deep Discoverer
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (27+ words) NOAA Ocean Exploration (.gov) NOAA Ocean Exploration, 2026 Cook Islands ROV Exploration Download largest version (jpg, 1.7 MB) Stay connected to NOAA Ocean Exploration...
Polymetallic Nodule Field
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (27+ words) NOAA Ocean Exploration (.gov) NOAA Ocean Exploration, 2026 Cook Islands ROV Exploration Download largest version (jpg, 794.2 KB) Stay connected to NOAA Ocean Exploration...
Glass Sponge
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (26+ words) NOAA Ocean Exploration (.gov) NOAA Ocean Exploration, 2026 Cook Islands ROV Exploration Download largest version (jpg, 1.1 MB) Stay connected to NOAA Ocean Exploration...
Brisingid Sea Star
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (27+ words) NOAA Ocean Exploration (.gov) NOAA Ocean Exploration, 2026 Cook Islands ROV Exploration Download largest version (jpg, 965.5 KB) Stay connected to NOAA Ocean Exploration...
Crinoid and Coral
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (27+ words) NOAA Ocean Exploration (.gov) NOAA Ocean Exploration, 2026 Cook Islands ROV Exploration Download largest version (jpg, 829.0 KB) Stay connected to NOAA Ocean Exploration...
Sea Star
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Seafloor
1+ week, 1+ day ago (97+ words) Dive 08: While exploring a second seamount, “B2,” in western Cook Islands waters at a starting depth of 3,700 meters (2.3 miles), we observed transitions between seafloor covered with small, densely packed polymetallic nodules approximately 1-2 centimeters (0.4-0.8 inches) in diameter and larger, bulbous, likely polymetallic-encrusted…...
Dive 07 Nodules
1+ week, 1+ day ago (96+ words) Dive 07: During Dive 07 of the 2026 Cook Islands ROV Exploration cruise, while exploring an abyssal plain within a few kilometers of the boundary between the Cook Islands and American Samoa at a starting depth of 5,700 meters (3.5 miles), we encountered angular, irregularly…...
Nodules from Dive 06
1+ week, 1+ day ago (49+ words) NOAA Ocean Exploration (.gov) LIVE VIDEO: The 2026 Cook Islands ROV Exploration is underway. Watch live dives to explore deep-sea habitats of the Cook Islands. NOAA Ocean Exploration, 2026 Cook Islands ROV Exploration. Download largest version (jpg, 3.3 MB) Stay connected to NOAA…...
Nodule Collection
1+ week, 1+ day ago (47+ words) NOAA Ocean Exploration (.gov) LIVE VIDEO: The 2026 Cook Islands ROV Exploration is underway. Watch live dives to explore deep-sea habitats of the Cook Islands. NOAA Ocean Exploration, 2026 Cook Islands ROV Exploration. Download largest version (jpg, 1.3 MB) Stay connected to NOAA…...