Eely good video from on board RV Investigator!
Posted: September 2, 2015 Filed under: Home | Tags: Australian Museum, Eel, Marine National Facility, RV Investigator Leave a comment
Do you want to know more about the eely good deep sea video posted this week?
Then you’ll need to check out this Australian Museum blog!
http://australianmuseum.net.au/blogpost/science/an-orgy-of-eels
Take a look at 1000 metres below the surface!
Posted: August 31, 2015 Filed under: Home | Tags: Australian Museum, Benthic biology trial voyage, Marine National Facility, RV Investigator Leave a commentOne of the very cool things about RV Investigator is its ability to collect samples in deep water, but this isn’t always about catching fish, and collecting mud and rock samples.
We have a deep water camera system that can capture images 5,500 metres in a vertical drop (stationary ship), or 4,000 metres when it’s being towed at around 1-2 knots.
This video has been pulled together by the Australian Museum and shows what it looks like at 1,000 metres below the ocean’s surface, and it was captured on board RV Investigator during the benthic biology trial voyage.
The creepy crawly, hairy scary critters from the benthic biological trial voyage!
Posted: April 30, 2015 Filed under: Home | Tags: Australian Museum, Benthic biology trial voyage, Marine National Facility, Museum Victoria, RV Investigator, South Australia Museum, Tasmanian Seamounts, University of Tasmania, University of Western Sydney 1 CommentRV Investigator has been south of Tasmania with a huge team of biologists from around Australia, on the benthic biology trial voyage.
The aim of the voyage was to test the sampling equipment used by benthic scientists and to develop safe handling procedures. Benthic marine science refers to being on and just below the seafloor.
On board were scientists from CSIRO, Museum Victoria, the Australian Museum, the University of Western Sydney, South Australia Museum and the University of Tasmania.
It was an exciting voyage where the weird and wonderful things that live in our oceans were collected from the sea floor and brought on board to be studied.
The words hairy scary, ooey gooey, creepy crawly, blimely slimy come to mind!
Check out the photos and see for yourself!
