While we may typically think of sea stars as hanging out, stationary on the seafloor, this little explorer was caught showing off its moves in the Mariana Trench Marine National Monument. Using hundreds of tiny tube feet, it’s cruising along the ocean floor like it’s got somewhere important to be – Friday, maybe? This video was captured during the 2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas expedition. Exploring the deep ocean always reminds us that even the seemingly most uncomplicated creatures

12K views · 285 reactions | Something tranquil as we round out Thursday: Few corals are as recognizable as the beautifully spiral-shaped octocorals in the genus Iridogorgia. These were imaged in 2017 in and around the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument. More from the expedition: https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex1703/logs/photolog/welcome.html | NOAA Ocean Exploration | Facebook

Happy #Halloween! Anyone familiar with the movie, “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” might see a resemblance between Jack Skellington’s ghost dog, Zero, and this enchanting rhinochimaera. We encountered this ghostly fish while exploring Hydrographer Canyon as part of the Northeast U.S. Canyons Expedition 2013. We've been counting down to Halloween all #October...check out all 31 of our deep-ocean treats: https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/news/exploration-extras/22-halloween/welcome.html | NOAA Ocean