Surfing with dolphins on the same wave happens often at Margaret River in Western Australia. On many days as a kid I’d be alone out there except for a pod of dolphins to surf with. This is what a healthy ocean look like.

🎶With a mouth opened wide,
And an unblinking eye, that's a moray…
When the camera up close
Finds a shrimp on your nose, that's a moray 🎶
This unlikely duo was spotted on the seafloor during the #SalasyGomezRidge expedition.

Saturday, #Okeanos Explorer left CA, steaming to HI where mapping operations will take place in 2024.

#NOAAFleetWeek fact: Okeanos is operated, managed, & maintained by NOAA Marine/Aviation & is one of our most important tools in exploring the deep.

[📷: Caitlin Bailey, GF Ocean Exploration ]

Chris, I wonder when did DoD authorize Kirkpatrick to use the Signal app for official U.S. business and correspondence? You and I would have been crucified for doing that while we were in the Government. And when did they allow personal identifiable info of U.S. citizens to be

One of my favorite jobs at NOAA was to Chair the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force - how cool of a job title is that?! #CoralReefs #ForCoral

Very important summary from Joe Khalil about today’s classified All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office & Department of Defense 🇺🇸 SAP Central Office director SCIF briefing of House #UAP caucus members. The House wants answers and it won’t be snowed.

Dubbed firework #corals by our team, the helix of branches in Iridogorgia magnispiralis remind many of underwater pyrotechnics. This species of #Iridogorgia has the largest helix diameter (meaning the most stretched coil) of all the species in the genus. #WildlifeWednesday

Markings on the shell of the Flamingo tongue snail (Cyphoma gibbosum) are living tissue and disappear when it dies. Thanks Sam Enos for submitting this photo from Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, making a great #Wildlife Wednesday.

A research vessel studying bioluminescence in the Gulf of Mexico recorded this intriguing video of a glowing blue orb USO deep underwater. imgur.com/a/LpYobmL. Full account here: reddit.com/r/UFOs/comment…. Clearly a weather balloon...

My latest The Sol Foundation paper is getting some good coverage. I cite it here noting that we are badly lacking adequate #maritimedomainawareness (MDA) and we have much to learn if the U.S. government ever adopts a policy of #UAP ( #UFO ) transparency.

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What a day for women in the U.S. Navy! My wife Caren & her USNA roommate met with U.S. NavyCNO ADM Franchetti and USNA Supe VADM Davids - all inspirations for our daughter aspen 🤩, who enters USNA in June. Here's to future generations of fine role models like these!!

Outstanding article here, Christopher K. Mellon! It is a shame that the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office is not following the law in their #UAP report, but doing it so ineptly. Are our other counterintelligence efforts as error-prone as this?

Christopher K. Mellon It's very peculiar that there are THREE issues (drones, UAP, AHI) where the USG has apparently no control, no solutions, no INFO, despite hundreds of documented issues.

Seems our military budget is infinite for lumbering dinosaur projects and pathetic for agile warfare.

Absolutely spot on, Chris and D. Dean Johnson, as we have been saying for the past 7 years. Nice to see they admit it. Now let’s see what they plan to do about it! As for AARO’s former leadership, we know they were completely ill-prepared to tackle this. Maybe we should let the

#DidYouKnow sponges produce chemicals used in biomedical research? Cytarabine, the primary drug used to treat leukemia, is derived from a sponge found on coral reefs! #SpongeSpotlight

Learn more about how the ocean supports human health: oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/ocean-hu…

Almost time to get started with #Okeanos operations! We'll be in the central Pacific for the first time since 2017. To collect needed baseline data and build key partnerships, this year we're focusing on *mapping* deep waters of Hawaiʻi and Johnston Atoll: oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explor…

If you happen to be in the path of #eclipse totality today, you’ll experience solar darkness. But, creatures in the deep sea experience this every day! Check out some sanctuary species that thrive in the darkness by visiting our favorite deep sea web stories (a thread)-

Happy #NationalUnicornDay from these spectacular unicorns of the sea! 🦄

My home of Dallas, Texas experienced a total solar eclipse today: it was amazing. To get above the local clouds, I flew two friends above the layer to 7,500 feet. Enrique A. was able to take this amazing photo of the sun's corona. Henschel O. is in the back checking for traffic.

This is fantastic Rob! On behalf of humanity, thank you. Are neurodivergent friends deserve every opportunity to succeed. Thank you for helping make this happen.