Expedition to Papahānaumokuākea yields more Incredible Discoveries – Videos

Technical divers working along a ledge at 220-240 feet at Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.
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A Galapagos shark joins the scientific divers during a decompression stop at French Frigate Shoals, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.
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NOAA scientific diver Brian Hauk conducting a benthic (bottom) survey using a photo-quadrat at a depth of 285 feet at French Frigate Shoals, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.
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Diver/videographer Rob Whitton filming a Galapagos shark at French Frigate Shoals, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.
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Diver/videographer Rob Whitton at 300 feet surrounded by a school of ulua (jacks) at Kure Atoll, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.
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A Hawaiian Grouper (Epinephelus quernus), an endemic Hawaiian fish (found nowhere else in the world), cruises a deep reef at 300 feet at Kure Atoll, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.
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A high-endemism deep reef fish community at 300 feet, Kure Atoll, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Every fish in the picture is a Hawaiian endemic species (not known from anywhere else except Hawaiʻi). Deep reefs at Kure Atoll were discovered to have the highest levels of endemism known from any marine ecosystem on Earth.
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A high-endemism deep reef fish community at 300 feet, Kure Atoll, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Every fish in the picture is a Hawaiian endemic species (not known from anywhere else except Hawaiʻi). Deep reefs at Kure Atoll were discovered to have the highest levels of endemism known from any marine ecosystem on Earth.
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NOAA scientist Dr. Randy Kosaki collecting a new species of seahorse at 290 feet, Pioneer Bank, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Plastic bag also contains a new species of dragonet fish.
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