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NOAA Ocean Exploration
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Seafloor

2+ week, 2+ 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…...

NOAA Ocean Exploration
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Dive 07 Nodules

2+ week, 2+ 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…...

NOAA Ocean Exploration
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Nodules from Dive 02

2+ week, 2+ 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, 2.8 MB) Stay connected to NOAA…...

NOAA Ocean Exploration
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Sediment Core

2+ week, 3+ 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…...

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Basalt and Nodules

3+ week, 4+ 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, 1.5 MB) Stay connected to NOAA…...