A huge thanks to #IntrepidTravel for having me and @autsquidsquad.bsky.social aboard to deploy our #ProjectESCA #squid lure in #Antartica.
March 20, 2025 at 3:01 AM
A huge thanks to #IntrepidTravel for having me and @autsquidsquad.bsky.social aboard to deploy our #ProjectESCA #squid lure in #Antartica.
Happy bday colossal squid! The species was described in 1925 so @deepseapod.com & I did a centenary episode on the @deepseapodcast.bsky.social - www.armatusoceanic.com/podcast/056-... 🦑🎉
Gorgeous artwork thanks to Gareth, a guest on our recent #Antarctic voyage with #IntrepidTravel for #ProjectESCA
Gorgeous artwork thanks to Gareth, a guest on our recent #Antarctic voyage with #IntrepidTravel for #ProjectESCA
March 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Happy bday colossal squid! The species was described in 1925 so @deepseapod.com & I did a centenary episode on the @deepseapodcast.bsky.social - www.armatusoceanic.com/podcast/056-... 🦑🎉
Gorgeous artwork thanks to Gareth, a guest on our recent #Antarctic voyage with #IntrepidTravel for #ProjectESCA
Gorgeous artwork thanks to Gareth, a guest on our recent #Antarctic voyage with #IntrepidTravel for #ProjectESCA
A nice side effect of joining #IntrepidTravel is the chance for #scicomm - talks on #ProjectESCA & #colossalsquid.
Loving the guest engagement and #fanart! Last night they were on the @deepseapodcast.bsky.social
@autsquidsquad.bsky.social
@pure-ocean.bsky.social
#Te_Papa
@autnews.bsky.social
Loving the guest engagement and #fanart! Last night they were on the @deepseapodcast.bsky.social
@autsquidsquad.bsky.social
@pure-ocean.bsky.social
#Te_Papa
@autnews.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 10:40 AM
A nice side effect of joining #IntrepidTravel is the chance for #scicomm - talks on #ProjectESCA & #colossalsquid.
Loving the guest engagement and #fanart! Last night they were on the @deepseapodcast.bsky.social
@autsquidsquad.bsky.social
@pure-ocean.bsky.social
#Te_Papa
@autnews.bsky.social
Loving the guest engagement and #fanart! Last night they were on the @deepseapodcast.bsky.social
@autsquidsquad.bsky.social
@pure-ocean.bsky.social
#Te_Papa
@autnews.bsky.social
Master Squidcrafter Heather has been at it again. Not sure #IntrepidTravel realized just what they were in for by having the #ProjectESCA team aboard--we brought a rather large stowaway!
#colossalsquid
@deepseapod.bsky.social
@pure-ocean.bsky.social
@AUTnews.bsky.social
#Antarctica
#deepsea
#colossalsquid
@deepseapod.bsky.social
@pure-ocean.bsky.social
@AUTnews.bsky.social
#Antarctica
#deepsea
March 6, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Master Squidcrafter Heather has been at it again. Not sure #IntrepidTravel realized just what they were in for by having the #ProjectESCA team aboard--we brought a rather large stowaway!
#colossalsquid
@deepseapod.bsky.social
@pure-ocean.bsky.social
@AUTnews.bsky.social
#Antarctica
#deepsea
#colossalsquid
@deepseapod.bsky.social
@pure-ocean.bsky.social
@AUTnews.bsky.social
#Antarctica
#deepsea
Wishing our lovely cephalopod professionals the best of luck as they search for the colossal squid! Looking forward to seeing the footage that you both will get with #ProjectESCA!
It's happening! @autsquidsquad.bsky.social and I are out with #IntrepidTravel deploying #ProjectESCA in search of the #ColossalSquid.
Supported by @pure-ocean.bsky.social, #Te_Papa and #AutScience, we have developed a suitcase-sized light lure and camera system.
#deepsea
#deepocean
#Antarctica
Supported by @pure-ocean.bsky.social, #Te_Papa and #AutScience, we have developed a suitcase-sized light lure and camera system.
#deepsea
#deepocean
#Antarctica
March 3, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Wishing our lovely cephalopod professionals the best of luck as they search for the colossal squid! Looking forward to seeing the footage that you both will get with #ProjectESCA!
It's happening! @autsquidsquad.bsky.social and I are out with #IntrepidTravel deploying #ProjectESCA in search of the #ColossalSquid.
Supported by @pure-ocean.bsky.social, #Te_Papa and #AutScience, we have developed a suitcase-sized light lure and camera system.
#deepsea
#deepocean
#Antarctica
Supported by @pure-ocean.bsky.social, #Te_Papa and #AutScience, we have developed a suitcase-sized light lure and camera system.
#deepsea
#deepocean
#Antarctica
March 3, 2025 at 2:46 AM
It's happening! @autsquidsquad.bsky.social and I are out with #IntrepidTravel deploying #ProjectESCA in search of the #ColossalSquid.
Supported by @pure-ocean.bsky.social, #Te_Papa and #AutScience, we have developed a suitcase-sized light lure and camera system.
#deepsea
#deepocean
#Antarctica
Supported by @pure-ocean.bsky.social, #Te_Papa and #AutScience, we have developed a suitcase-sized light lure and camera system.
#deepsea
#deepocean
#Antarctica
We're off! Setting sail for Antarctica to chase some squids with the #ProjectESCA camera system and @deepseapod.com, thanks to @pureocean.bsky.social and Intrepid Travel. Bring me that horizon!
February 27, 2025 at 2:52 AM
We're off! Setting sail for Antarctica to chase some squids with the #ProjectESCA camera system and @deepseapod.com, thanks to @pureocean.bsky.social and Intrepid Travel. Bring me that horizon!
Ceph street art sighting! Spotted these arms on the side of a building in Ushuaia, Argentina, while out and about with @deepseapod.com as we prep to take #ProjectESCA to the Antarctic Peninsula next week
February 20, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Ceph street art sighting! Spotted these arms on the side of a building in Ushuaia, Argentina, while out and about with @deepseapod.com as we prep to take #ProjectESCA to the Antarctic Peninsula next week
Close Inkounter! #ProjectESCA gets its next squiddy visitor, a glacial squid (P. glacialis) around 800m. It gifts us a few puffs of ink, then drifts back into the dark Antarctic #deepsea.
#antarcticclimateconnections
#PureOceanFund
@schmidtocean.bsky.social
@deepseapod.com
#antarcticclimateconnections
#PureOceanFund
@schmidtocean.bsky.social
@deepseapod.com
February 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Close Inkounter! #ProjectESCA gets its next squiddy visitor, a glacial squid (P. glacialis) around 800m. It gifts us a few puffs of ink, then drifts back into the dark Antarctic #deepsea.
#antarcticclimateconnections
#PureOceanFund
@schmidtocean.bsky.social
@deepseapod.com
#antarcticclimateconnections
#PureOceanFund
@schmidtocean.bsky.social
@deepseapod.com
With our new deep-sea low-light camera on #ProjectESCA, we can see #bioluminescence as well as the animals illuminated by our lights. This might be a 'shrimp spew', a series of blobs of glowing mucous produced as a decoy to give the animal a chance to escape a perceived threat
A #bioluminescent #psudomorph captured by #ProjectESCA.
Many animals use light to distract a predator. Some bind it in mucose to give it a shape.
Like throwing your shadow so you can get away.
#antarcticclimateconnections
#PureOceanFund
@schmidtocean.bsky.social
@autsquidsquad.bsky.social
Many animals use light to distract a predator. Some bind it in mucose to give it a shape.
Like throwing your shadow so you can get away.
#antarcticclimateconnections
#PureOceanFund
@schmidtocean.bsky.social
@autsquidsquad.bsky.social
February 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
With our new deep-sea low-light camera on #ProjectESCA, we can see #bioluminescence as well as the animals illuminated by our lights. This might be a 'shrimp spew', a series of blobs of glowing mucous produced as a decoy to give the animal a chance to escape a perceived threat
A #bioluminescent #psudomorph captured by #ProjectESCA.
Many animals use light to distract a predator. Some bind it in mucose to give it a shape.
Like throwing your shadow so you can get away.
#antarcticclimateconnections
#PureOceanFund
@schmidtocean.bsky.social
@autsquidsquad.bsky.social
Many animals use light to distract a predator. Some bind it in mucose to give it a shape.
Like throwing your shadow so you can get away.
#antarcticclimateconnections
#PureOceanFund
@schmidtocean.bsky.social
@autsquidsquad.bsky.social
January 31, 2025 at 3:17 AM
A #bioluminescent #psudomorph captured by #ProjectESCA.
Many animals use light to distract a predator. Some bind it in mucose to give it a shape.
Like throwing your shadow so you can get away.
#antarcticclimateconnections
#PureOceanFund
@schmidtocean.bsky.social
@autsquidsquad.bsky.social
Many animals use light to distract a predator. Some bind it in mucose to give it a shape.
Like throwing your shadow so you can get away.
#antarcticclimateconnections
#PureOceanFund
@schmidtocean.bsky.social
@autsquidsquad.bsky.social
I hope our lure attracts squi...
THUNK!
#ProjectESCA works! Squid like the lure and a 360 camera means nowhere to hide.
Likely a glacial or clubhook #squid, this is 200m in #Antarctica
#AntarcticClimateConnections
#SchmidtOcean
#PureOceanFund
#Te_Papa
@autsquidsquad.bsky.social
THUNK!
#ProjectESCA works! Squid like the lure and a 360 camera means nowhere to hide.
Likely a glacial or clubhook #squid, this is 200m in #Antarctica
#AntarcticClimateConnections
#SchmidtOcean
#PureOceanFund
#Te_Papa
@autsquidsquad.bsky.social
January 26, 2025 at 6:35 AM
I hope our lure attracts squi...
THUNK!
#ProjectESCA works! Squid like the lure and a 360 camera means nowhere to hide.
Likely a glacial or clubhook #squid, this is 200m in #Antarctica
#AntarcticClimateConnections
#SchmidtOcean
#PureOceanFund
#Te_Papa
@autsquidsquad.bsky.social
THUNK!
#ProjectESCA works! Squid like the lure and a 360 camera means nowhere to hide.
Likely a glacial or clubhook #squid, this is 200m in #Antarctica
#AntarcticClimateConnections
#SchmidtOcean
#PureOceanFund
#Te_Papa
@autsquidsquad.bsky.social
The new camera system @deepseapodcast.bsky.social and I have rigged up for #ProjectESCA is capturing some cool stuff on its maiden voyage in Antarctica, including this little firework of startled bioluminescence
#PureOceanFund
@autnews.bsky.social
#PureOceanFund
@autnews.bsky.social
#bioluminescent #fireworks
#ProjectESCA is very light-sensitive, even detecting flashes from tiny organisms!
Something crashes, letting out a bio-firework in surprise!
#AntarcticClimateConnections
#Challenger150
@autsquidsquad.bsky.social
#PureOceanFund
#ProjectESCA is very light-sensitive, even detecting flashes from tiny organisms!
Something crashes, letting out a bio-firework in surprise!
#AntarcticClimateConnections
#Challenger150
@autsquidsquad.bsky.social
#PureOceanFund
January 24, 2025 at 9:24 AM
The new camera system @deepseapodcast.bsky.social and I have rigged up for #ProjectESCA is capturing some cool stuff on its maiden voyage in Antarctica, including this little firework of startled bioluminescence
#PureOceanFund
@autnews.bsky.social
#PureOceanFund
@autnews.bsky.social
#bioluminescent #fireworks
#ProjectESCA is very light-sensitive, even detecting flashes from tiny organisms!
Something crashes, letting out a bio-firework in surprise!
#AntarcticClimateConnections
#Challenger150
@autsquidsquad.bsky.social
#PureOceanFund
#ProjectESCA is very light-sensitive, even detecting flashes from tiny organisms!
Something crashes, letting out a bio-firework in surprise!
#AntarcticClimateConnections
#Challenger150
@autsquidsquad.bsky.social
#PureOceanFund
January 24, 2025 at 3:24 AM
#bioluminescent #fireworks
#ProjectESCA is very light-sensitive, even detecting flashes from tiny organisms!
Something crashes, letting out a bio-firework in surprise!
#AntarcticClimateConnections
#Challenger150
@autsquidsquad.bsky.social
#PureOceanFund
#ProjectESCA is very light-sensitive, even detecting flashes from tiny organisms!
Something crashes, letting out a bio-firework in surprise!
#AntarcticClimateConnections
#Challenger150
@autsquidsquad.bsky.social
#PureOceanFund
A frenzy of activity as immaculate specimens arrive. The #crinoid is a filter feeding starfish relative.
#AntarcticClimateConnections is sampling seabed previously covered in ice that has no associated data; biological, geological, oceanographic, mapping... nada!
#Challenger150 #projectESCA
#AntarcticClimateConnections is sampling seabed previously covered in ice that has no associated data; biological, geological, oceanographic, mapping... nada!
#Challenger150 #projectESCA
January 21, 2025 at 4:46 AM
A frenzy of activity as immaculate specimens arrive. The #crinoid is a filter feeding starfish relative.
#AntarcticClimateConnections is sampling seabed previously covered in ice that has no associated data; biological, geological, oceanographic, mapping... nada!
#Challenger150 #projectESCA
#AntarcticClimateConnections is sampling seabed previously covered in ice that has no associated data; biological, geological, oceanographic, mapping... nada!
#Challenger150 #projectESCA
Large, deep-sea squids tend to be camera shy so if we want to see them we have to get creative... so @deepseapod.com & I made A Thing and now we're off to Antarctica to see whether anyone comes to take a look! Huge thanks to @PureOceanFund for the support; stay tuned! #ProjectESCA
#ProjectESCA lives! @autsquidsquad.bsky.social
and I developed this novel light lure with support from the #PureOceanFund. It uses illumination invisible to the animals, a 360-degree camera, and simulated #bioluminescence to attract #deepsea animals.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8PU...
and I developed this novel light lure with support from the #PureOceanFund. It uses illumination invisible to the animals, a 360-degree camera, and simulated #bioluminescence to attract #deepsea animals.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8PU...
Project ESCA testing at Sea Life Kelly Tarlton's Aquarium
YouTube video by Thom Linley
www.youtube.com
January 16, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Large, deep-sea squids tend to be camera shy so if we want to see them we have to get creative... so @deepseapod.com & I made A Thing and now we're off to Antarctica to see whether anyone comes to take a look! Huge thanks to @PureOceanFund for the support; stay tuned! #ProjectESCA
#ProjectESCA lives! @autsquidsquad.bsky.social
and I developed this novel light lure with support from the #PureOceanFund. It uses illumination invisible to the animals, a 360-degree camera, and simulated #bioluminescence to attract #deepsea animals.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8PU...
and I developed this novel light lure with support from the #PureOceanFund. It uses illumination invisible to the animals, a 360-degree camera, and simulated #bioluminescence to attract #deepsea animals.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8PU...
Project ESCA testing at Sea Life Kelly Tarlton's Aquarium
YouTube video by Thom Linley
www.youtube.com
January 14, 2025 at 12:07 AM
#ProjectESCA lives! @autsquidsquad.bsky.social
and I developed this novel light lure with support from the #PureOceanFund. It uses illumination invisible to the animals, a 360-degree camera, and simulated #bioluminescence to attract #deepsea animals.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8PU...
and I developed this novel light lure with support from the #PureOceanFund. It uses illumination invisible to the animals, a 360-degree camera, and simulated #bioluminescence to attract #deepsea animals.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8PU...
Another amazing day on the water yesterday testing #projectESCA with Otago Uni's MMRG, recording #SpermWhales. More #deepsea #whales so I'll allow it. Huge thanks to the wonderful team who took us along. Sorry I was sick all down your hull :-/
December 16, 2024 at 12:46 AM
Another amazing day on the water yesterday testing #projectESCA with Otago Uni's MMRG, recording #SpermWhales. More #deepsea #whales so I'll allow it. Huge thanks to the wonderful team who took us along. Sorry I was sick all down your hull :-/
Amazing day on the water yesterday while @autsquidsquad.bsky.social and I were testing #projectESCA with Otago Uni's MMRG. #BeakedWhales right alongside! These #deepsea #whales are such a rare sight.
December 14, 2024 at 7:16 PM
Amazing day on the water yesterday while @autsquidsquad.bsky.social and I were testing #projectESCA with Otago Uni's MMRG. #BeakedWhales right alongside! These #deepsea #whales are such a rare sight.