“It’s pretty amazing that we haven’t been there yet, exploring really deep depths.”

On May 11th 2015 Quartz, part of Atlantic Media, is a digitally native news outlet released a breathtaking  – VIDEO – (Facebook Video May7th, 12,029,119 Views, 82,779 likes, 268,570 shares) of deep sea creatures off the coast of Puerto Rico. The Okeanos Explorer research team took place from April 9 through April 30. Keep in mind that yes exploring the sea has gained more attention from the public, but approximately 95% of the Earth’s oceans remain unexplored.

• Photo above from NOAA – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. A deep-sea jellyfish. While you may see shallow-water jellyfish all the time, it is often very difficult to collect information about deep-sea jellyfish as they break up in nets and are hard to keep intact if collected. 
• “In a total of twelve dives, they saw 100 species of fish, 50 species of deepwater corals and hundreds of other invertebrates, many of which had never been seen in their natural habitat. They’re still analyzing the data they collected, but have already identified two new species: a jellyfish-like animal called a ctenophore and a new type of fish. Andrea Quattrini, the science co-lead for the expedition.” 

Read more here. Dive 9: Puerto Rico Trench – South Wall here. Go for my personal AskTheRightQuestion article on James Cameron’s Deepsea Challenger missions here:  “The search for life in space begins on the ocean floor…” Photo Credit: Quartz/NOAA. One-to-follow!