MBARI 2009 Pacific Northwest Expedition

Without a doubt one of the most exciting deep sea expeditions in a long while is happening now, in real time, and you get to follow the action day by day.

Join the crew and research teams from the 2009 Pacific Northwest Expedition as they discover the the oceans deep secrets.

Daily in depth reports and detailed analysis of discoveries are just part of this fantastic website and public outreach campaign in tandem with MBARI.

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Best Undersea Critter Ever!

If it were not for the Internet critters like these would remain in some lab, in a bottle somewhere, or in some obscure journal on a dusty back shelf.

Fortunately we live in a more enlightened age.

What you are looking at is Macropinna microstoma, brought to you by our all time favorite underwater website/news archive Underwater Times - the grandaddy of all online underwater sites. Kudos and double kudos to Jeff Dudas for this story.

Macropinna is currently being studied at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute by researchers Bruce Robison and Kim Reisenbichler (another reason to live in California) using ROV's in the deep waters just offshore of Central California. This unlikely looking critter can be found at depths of 2,000 to 2,600 feet.