Incredible Life Forms Found in the Deep Sea Around American Samoa
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ship Okeianos Explorer has spent the last three weeks searching marine sanctuaries in the Pacific ocean around American Samoa to catalog the life forms in the region.
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The 2017 American Samoa Expedition studies the three different marine sanctuaries in the American Samoan region. These marine sanctuaries are the Rose Atoll Marine National Monument, the National Marine Sanctuary of American Somoza, and the oceanic area around the National Park of American Samoa.
This is the first study of the diversity of life around the coral and deep-water reefs and the hydro-thermal vent communities in the American Samoa region.
Venus Flytrap Sea Anemone
Chrysogorgiid Octocorals and Brittle Sea Star
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Rhopalonematid Trachymedusa
A UFO-like translucent jellyfish.
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Armored Searobin
An Unnamed Hydroid
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Brisingid Sea Star
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Scorpionfish
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Here Are Most Incredible Life Forms NOAA Found on Its Latest Deep Sea Dive, 2 March 2017
Cool pictures. It is always amazing to find how life can develop itself!
That's pretty cool...
Frank
There is still much to explore and learn about our planet. The more we explore, the more we learn.
Steem on,
Mike
New Zealand also has been surveying i think it was Auckland islands and found several new species. There is still a lot we don't know yet, etcmike
Scientific discoveries are being made almost every day. Yes, there is still a lot we don't know, but we are learning.
The New Zealand area has always fascinated me.
Steem on,
Mike