1.9K views · 52 reactions | Today's Hawaiian #wordoftheday is: Hikina: (east) "Puka mai ka la ma ka hikina." (The sun rises in the east.) Learn more Hawaiian vocabulary at: https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/okeanos-beyond-the-blue/ex2403/features/hawaiian-words/hawaiian-words.html | NOAA Ocean Exploration | Facebook

Time for another #Okeanos dive! Today we’ll be exploring an unnamed seamount northwest of Holanikū (Kure Atoll), hoping to uncover clues about its geology and to document its coral and sponge communities. The remotely operated vehicles should reach the seafloor at approximately 9:20 a.m. HST / 3:20 p.m. EDT and remain there until around 3:20 p.m. HST / 9:20 p.m. EDT. Watch LIVE: https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/okeanos-beyond-the-blue/ex2503/welcome.html [Video of a GINORMOUS

12K views · 458 reactions | Today (March 26) is the final dive of the...