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Dive into the depths with OceanX and enjoy relaxing lofi music over our best ocean footage, from the sunny surface to the sandy seafloor.
Filmed all over the world during missions on the OceanXplorer with our submersibles and ROV, we have footage of your favorite sea creatures, from sharks to squids to dolphins. We'll be continuously streaming and adding even more footage in the future.
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… and then a giant twenty foot six-gill shark comes out of nowhere and just bumps straight into your sub.
And then more show up.
It was only ten years ago that scientists learned these rays can dive to extreme depths, and today, researchers are still trying to learn what the rays do on these incredible deep-sea dives.
During our Azores research expedition, marine scientists from the University of the Azores joined OceanXplorer to uncover the secret lives of the Chilean devil ray.
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This behavior could be connected to communication or hunting, but it also could just be playful behavior and the dolphins having fun. The whale watching company that filmed them said there was an abundance of anchovy off the coast recently, so the dolphins were likely very fed and happy, and full of energy.
Footage courtesy of : Newport Coastal Adventure / videographer Christine Schultz
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Launched in late June and reaching geostationary orbit on July 7th, NOAA recently released the first images from the GOES-19 satellite.
This satellite orbits 22,236 miles (35,785 km) above the equator at the same speed the Earth rotates, which allows it to track weather conditions in real time, such as wildfires, dust storms, volcanic eruptions, and hurricanes.
GOES-19 is the final satellite NOAA will launch in the GOES-R series. Currently @usnoaagov and @NASA are developing GeoXO satellites to further advance Earth observations from geostationary orbit
Correction Corner: We mention that both the colossal and giant squid live in the twilight zone. While true, scientists are quite certain they live even deeper - all the way down to 2,000m.
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OceanX has studied several brine pools and discovered the first brine pools in the Gulf of Aqaba in the Red Sea. By studying these pools and the creatures that can live in these extreme environments, we may get insight into how life began on our planet and how it may begin on others.
Finding a deep-sea brine pool isn't easy, as they have only been found in three locations in the whole world - the Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Red sea. This excludes polar brines, which are also difficult to study as they underneath polar sea ice.
Brine pools seem otherworldly, with brine so dense that our ROV can rest on top of it without sinking. And the creatures floating in it do not decompose - they remain preserved as the brine essentially “pickles” them.
Australian sea lions are benthic predators, meaning they are foraging on the seafloor to eat, making them the perfect subjects. They are also endangered so the videos can help identify critical habitats that need protecting for their survival.
Cameras were placed on 8 female sea lions and were taken off after 2-10 days. In total, the sea lions mapped ~560 km (~350 miles) of the seafloor ranging in depths from 5 to 110m (16 to 360 ft) and identified 6 benthic habitats: macroalgae reef, macroalgae meadow, bare sand, sponge/sand, invertebrate reef and invertebrate boulder habitats.
The study concludes that using animal-borne videos can help fill in the gaps for many maps and simultaneously provide insight into animal behaviors.
Angelakis et al., Using sea lion-borne video to map diverse benthic habitats in southern Australia, Frontiers in Marine Science, 2024 doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1425554
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The tag sits on the shark’s fin and pings a satellite when it comes above water. It reportedly doesn’t hurt LeeBeth, who has gained quite a following on social media.
Deep-sea giants like the Sixgill Shark have been around since the time of the dinosaurs, and have unique feeding patterns that impact their ability to thrive and survive -- as well as the overall health of the coastal ecosystem. Our team traveled to the Azores to learn more about these patterns and study the impacts of their metabolism.
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Deep-sea giants like the Sixgill Shark have been around since the time of the dinosaurs, and have unique feeding patterns that impact their ability to thrive and survive -- as well as the overall health of the coastal ecosystem. Our team traveled to the Azores to learn more about these patterns and study the impacts of their metabolism.
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We also know that the ripped off squid arms that are attached on some sperm whales sometimes are from colossal squid specifically because of the size and that the suckers have hooks in them, making them distinctly different from a giant squid’s teeth like suction cup suckers.
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The big question on this mission: Are the Polar Bears adapting fast enough?
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The big question on this mission: Are the Polar Bears adapting fast enough?
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This drone footage by @leahbai.ley on Instagram captured an unusual sight: a salmon feeding frenzy in Cape Jaffa, off the coast of southeast Australia. While salmon are reportedly common in that area in the spring, they don’t typically come to the surface in such large numbers.
Local fishers think that the frenzy could have been linked to the Bonney upwelling, where cold and nutrient-rich water rises to the surface, bringing with it phytoplankton. The phytoplankton feeds krill, which then attract a variety of marine life.
Stay tuned for more exciting updates about our educational work and upcoming missions.
Also, while an adult giant squid is technically longer than a colossal because their two tentacles are extremely prolonged, an adult colossal squid is much larger in terms of mass and is regarded as being the largest squid currently alive.
Oftentimes we get asked how we know the colossal squid is still swimming somewhere in the ocean even though we can't find them, so keep an eye on our channels for an upcoming video where we'll dive into that and explain how we know.
The team mounted a telescopic lens on a stabilized gimbal aboard a helicopter and captured a Hammerhead hunting down a ray in stunning detail.
But this was only the beginning of our understanding of how these sharks have adapted to their environment in order to thrive.
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Our team of specialists traveled to the warm shallows of the Bahamas to investigate Hammerhead Sharks for the National Geographic series “OceanXplorers.”
The focus was to find out how these amazing animals use their senses to hunt and survive. Step one was observation. The team mounted a telescopic lens on a stabilized gimbal aboard a helicopter and captured a Hammerhead hunting down a ray in stunning detail.
But this was only the beginning of our understanding of how these sharks have adapted to their environment in order to thrive.
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These reefs thrive at depths with very low light, and are poorly-studied but critical ecosystems. Before this discovery, mesophotic reefs were unknown in the region. The reef is just 10 miles off of the coast, but the deeper waters of the Gulf of Oman are relatively unexplored.
In 2023, the team behind the discovery returned to the reef, during OceanXplorer's expedition in the UAE, to map it in high resolution, explore it with submersibles, and discover what new species might be living there.
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That’s why, for the first time ever in 2019, a team of researchers on one of our missions in The Bahamas tried out a new method... tagging a deep sea shark from an OceanX submersible. They basically devised a way to trigger a spear gun from inside the sub, which, if done right, will implant a tag into the sharks. This had never been done before. This is the kind of impossible science we love to tackle at OceanX.
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Our team of specialists traveled to Svalbard, Norway, at the edge of the Arctic ice cap to trace and observe for the first time in history: The Greenland Shark.
Join us as we observe the sharks’ feeding patterns, and how they keep their ecosystem in balance.
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Their elegant swim stroke could be used to inspire new underwater robots.
There are dozens of species of gossamer worm. They can be found all over the world, from the surface to the deep. Most only grow to about an inch or so, but some can be up to a foot long!
We filmed this worm during a sub dive off the west coast of Sumatra.
📝 J., Aoki, N., Havassy, J., Katija, K., & Osborn, K. J. (2021a). Metachronal Swimming with Flexible Legs: A Kinematics Analysis of the Midwater Polychaete Tomopteris. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 61(5), 1658–1673. doi.org/10.1093/icb/icab059
Researchers aren’t positive why Frosty is white, but they say it likely has a condition called leucism, which causes an animal to lose pigmentation in its skin or fur. While albinism is a genetic mutation that causes a complete lack of pigment, leucism is only a partial loss of pigment in various amounts. The other condition that could cause Frosty’s coloration is Chediak-Higashi syndrome, which affects the immune and nervous systems. Frosty seems to be a healthy whale, and researchers expect it to live to a normal age.
For the National Geographic series “OceanXplorers,” our team of specialists developed a pilot sensor to successfully tag a Sperm whale in record time, which helped us learn about the secret lives of these magnificent creatures. Knowledge that will pave the way to a better understanding of the whales, and help promote their long term survival.
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For the @NatGeo series "OceanXplorers," our team of specialists traveled to the Dominican Republic to investigate how and why whales communicate over vast distances in the place they come to mate and raise their young.
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The footage, captured by Evan Brodsky and Monterey Bay Whale Watch (@monterey_bay_whale_watch) on April 2, is only the 6th time in almost 40 years that killer whales have been recorded successfully hunting minke whales.
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Our research vessel, OceanXplorer, had just kicked off an expedition in Indonesia.
This leg of the expedition was focused on geology and microbiology in northern Sumatra–searching for hydrothermal vents, mapping active faults and exploring underwater volcanoes. While the scientists were gathered in mission control, observing an ROV dive, the ship’s crew spotted he tangled turtle and leapt into action.
Want to watch more? Learn about our work with Hawskbill sea turtles in the Red Sea. A scientist on our 2020 Red Sea expedition was the first to tag a Hawksbill turtle in the Red Sea. youtube.com/watch?v=eYhJ7n7OBkA&t=209s
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