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

The magic of cross polarisation!

It's tough taking pics of fish. They're so shiny and it can hide the details.

If you polarise the light source and then add a polarising filter to the camera you can filter out all the scatter and be left with the beautiful details and colour.

More nonsense from our #Antarctic data processing. The Antarctic jonasfish (Notolepis coatsi) were attracted to the ROV lights. This one shoots off like #roderunner.

@autsquidsquad.bsky.social

Me and @autsquidsquad.bsky.social have been annotating @schmidtocean.bsky.social #Antarctic footage today and it may have driven us a little.... Strange.

#soundon
#Cephalopods #octopus #antarctica

A huge thanks to #IntrepidTravel for having me and @autsquidsquad.bsky.social aboard to deploy our #ProjectESCA #squid lure in #Antartica.

and
#pycnogonid #seaspider

More wonders from #AntarcticClimateConnections

#polychaete #bristleworm

Brought up in immaculate condition.

A #MinkeWhale came by to say hi.

#whale
#marinemammals
#AntarcticClimateConnections

Tiny planet

#360video
#Antarctica
#Iceberg

@schmidtocean.bsky.social
@pure-ocean.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

A stampede of #seals while we're relaxing in the mess.

#Antarctica
#AntarcticClimateConnections

#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