Take a first look at some of the impressive animals we’ve spotted in our first few dives of NA141 exploring deep seamounts ~150 miles south of Johnston Atoll. From tripod fish to spiral-stalked corals to glass sponges, this is just a taste of what’s to come as we continue to survey never-before-explored areas of the seafloor in this region of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument (PRIMNM).

Utilizing data from previous Nautilus mapping expeditions, Schmidt Ocean Instituteʻs R/V Falkor, and the NOAA CAPSTONE campaign, we are targeting ROV dives along ridge features to expand our understanding of prime deep sea coral and sponge habitat. While conducting surveys of the density and diversity of benthic communities, we will also be acquiring physical and chemical data supporting PRIMNM’s conservation goals, as well as rock samples for geological analysis on the history and formation of this region.

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