Dr Thom

#ProjectESCA lives! @ALCESonline and I developed this novel light lure with funding from @PureOceanFund. It uses a quiet frame, illumination invisible to the animals, a 360-degree camera, and simulated bioluminescence to attract shy deepsea animals. youtube.com/watch?v=D8PU7c…

@oceanexplorer @Victor__Aramayo I can hear it...

This red crab hit the deep-sea jackpot, snagging a prime squid head as an afternoon snack! As soon as ROV Deep Discoverer arrived, the crab decided this wasn’t going to be “dinner and a show” and scurried off with its tasty prize. More images & videos: oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/multimedia/

Love you @FijiSc for helping me keep count.

Sorry the next episode still isn't out, @ThomLinley is still out chasing #ColossalSquid Buuuut..... @Hadalbloke is on the latest episode of the #Oceanography #Podcast by pineforestmedia talking about #deepocean #tech to tide you over. open.spotify.com/episode/2ZhsMF…

The next episode is recorded but @ThomLinley been a little too busy for the edit. Coming soon hopefully! Buuuut..... Thom's on the latest episode of the #Oceanography #Podcast by pineforestmedia talking about what the #deepsea is really like. #deepocean open.spotify.com/episode/2tMJ8z…

A larval Macrourid sighting at 917 m! ROV pilots filmed future-fish during the #OBVI #LivingBioreactors expedition, supported by @schmidtsciences. Scientists are studying midwater organisms and how they sequester carbon.

@newskieschris It's been pretty cool!

@ThomLinley Living the dream in Antarctica!

The day before heading out to #Antarctica to look for the #colossalsquid with our low-light/far-red camera, I caught #IronLungMovie and loved it. Now I'm in an inhospitable environment looking for monsters in an ocean of blood 😐. #ProjectESCA #ironlung #deepsea

The shapes of #PancakeIce are really satisfying. They remind me of jellyfish, giant waterlilies and some sort of paper sculpture. #Antarctica #RossSea #ProjectESCA

Eerily peaceful moments at 3am off Ross Island. #antarctica is a magical place of extremes.

A new record for #projectESCA, down to 700 m deep from a Zodiac using a pot-hauler and a battery. This project is the embodiment of #number8wire. @PureOceanFund @ALCESonline @Te_Papa #Antarctic #Antarctica #RossSea

Too many cookies over Christmas? Why not use a smaller #cookiecuttershark to cut back? Adorable little horror.

#anglerfish are so gross and scary! Oh really, have you seen the babies? They look like a furious peeled grape! #deepsea

What’s the deepest-living fish ever recorded? Not this one! (But they’re related.) Check out our new Ocean Exploration Fact to learn about how snailfish and other “deepest fish” contenders make things work at the absolute limits for vertebrate life. oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/ocean-fact/wha…

I wondered why I was randomly drawn to this doorway. 2nd image: Smithsonian image by Dave Johnson of Harvard MCZ specimen 60585

I know I give generative AI a hard time but it worries me how completely people have already made it part of their workflow when it's so cheerfully and confidently wrong.

A gem from Andrew's book collection. Giving me nostalgia for Northern Hemisphere fishes... Where cod are cod dammit!

Clearer image from the aquarist

Conjoined African Rift Valley cichlids at the local aquarium. While one certainly got the short straw, both are alive at 9 days old.

A really nice video by #SchmidtOcean about our #Antarctic expedition. It captures some of the emotion at being there and the sense of urgency. I would not have been able to join if not for the support of @PureOceanFund and #TePapa youtu.be/C4e3GZkGwxk?si…

Checking out our new neighbours @mitre10mega and loving seeing #TePapa feature so prominently on the mural.