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

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