It's #WorldOctopusDay and we're honoring the #DumboOctopus! 🐙
The #Grimpoteuthis or 'Dumbo Octopus, so-called for the delicate 'wing-like' fins just above the eyes are arguably one of the most endearing creatures of the deep.
Do you agree?
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The remotely-operated vehicle #ROVJason was just beginning its descent to the #WestMataVolcano, off Samoa when the volcano exploded!
Jason dives have yielded no shortage of breathtaking adventure stories– check out 3 of the most memorable: go.whoi.edu/jason-stories#NSFfunded
Sorry, no. But we *are* going to use Ingenuity’s terrain relative navigation system in our new autonomous underwater vehicle capable of reaching 11km depth. So there’s that.
Surely, one couldn’t be an oceanographer without going to sea? But that wasn’t the case for women in the 1950s. Meet Roberta Eike, the WHOI stowaway who made waves for future women scientists.
#WHOI#WHOIarchives#WomensHistoryMonth#1950sow.ly/1Bgi50z1gVh
If you were thinking, "Gee, I wish there was video of that elf making the #HOVAlvin recovery," well, we got you covered. All business no matter what the getup. @NSF#NSFfunded@USNavyResearch@unols
Check out this larval #squid under a microscope. Just starting to develop its coloration—and ability to change it (not sped up!) @USLTER@WHOI@NSF#NESLTER#NSFfunded @NES_LTER
