From the fish with a transparent head that started it all to a deep-sea angler with a loose tooth that captured the attention of millions and all the amazing animals in between, we’re sharing MBARI’s most loved videos to say thank you for exploring the deep with us.

In 36 years of deep-sea discoveries, MBARI’s remotely operated vehicles have completed more than 7,300 successful dives and recorded more than 28,500 hours of video. This video archive includes nearly 9 million annotations about what we see on video–these data are invaluable for scientists at MBARI and beyond who are working together to unlock the mysteries of the deep.

These fascinating finds underscore the dazzling diversity of life in the deep. As we continue to study the largest and least known habitat on our planet—the ocean—we promise to share our discoveries with you. We hope you enjoy them as much as we do!

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Editor: Ted Blanco
Production team: Heidi Cullen, Larissa Lemon, Kyra Schlining, Nancy Jacobsen Stout, Susan von Thun
Music: Spectacular Views Soft Ambient Deep Piano by coastal paul

Animals in order of appearance:
0:00 Rabbit-eared comb jelly (Kiyohimea usagi) | 520 meters (1,706 feet) | Davidson Seamount
0:06 Yellow Picasso sponge (Staurocalyptus sp.) | 1,203 meters (3,946 feet) | Sur Ridge
0:08 Vermilion crab on bubblegum coral (Paralomis sp. on Paragorgia arborea) | 1,170 meters (3,837.60) | Sur Ridge
0:11 Swordtail squid (Chiroteuthis calyx) | 498 meters (1,633 feet) | Monterey Canyon
0:13 Swordtail squid (Chiroteuthis calyx) | 424 meters (1,391 feet) | Monterey Canyon
0:15 Harp sponge (Chondrocladia lyra) | 3,411 meters (11,188 feet) | Monterey Canyon
0:19 Pompeii worm (Alvinella) | 2,301 meters (7,547 feet) | Alarcón Rise, Gulf of California
0:23 Psychedelic jelly (Crossota millsae) | 2,155 meters (7,068) | Monterey Canyon
0:25 Pointy-nosed blue chimaera (Hydrolagus trolli) | 1,644 meters (5,392 feet) | Davidson Seamount
0:30 Woolly siphonophore (Apolemia lanosa) | 1,118 meters (3,667 feet) | Monterey Canyon
0:32 Pearl octopus (Muusoctopus robustus) | 3,200 meters (10,496 feet) | Octopus Garden
0:38 Spiral salp (Helicosalpa sp.) | 266 meters (872 feet) | Monterey Canyon
0:42 Humpback anglerfish (Melanocetus johnsonii) | 574 meters (1,883 feet) | Monterey Canyon
0:45 Pacific viperfish (Chauliodus macouni) | 1,015 meters (3,329 feet) | Astoria Canyon
0:47 Bubblegum coral (Paragorgia arborea) | 1,311 meters (4,300 feet) | Davidson Seamount
0:49 Bubblegum coral (Paragorgia arborea) | 838 meters (2,749feet) | Sur Ridge
0:52 Giant tubeworm and hydrothermal vent community (Riftia pachyptila) | 2,300 meters (7,544 feet) | Gulf of California
0:54 Giant tubeworm (Riftia pachyptila) | 2,300 meters (7,544 feet) | Gulf of California
0:59 Armhook squid eating owlfish (Gonatus sp. eating bathylagidae) | 452 meters | 1,483 feet | Monterey Canyon
1:01 Deep-sea crown jelly (Atolla reynoldsi) | 1,509 meters (4,950 feet) | Monterey Canyon
1:06 Panda bear pteropod (Notobranchaea sp.) | 1,195 meters (3,920 feet) | Monterey Canyon
1: 08 Rattail fish (Coryphaenoides acrolepis-filifer complex) | 1,146 meters (3,759 feet) | Monterey Canyon
1:11 Barreleye fish (Macropinna microstoma) | 745 meters (2,444 feet) | Monterey Canyon
1:13 Smalleye snipe eel (Avocettina bowserii) | 714 meters (2,342 feet) | Monterey Canyon
1:16 Whalefish (Cetomimidae) | 2,013 meters (6,603 feet) | Greater Monterey Area
1:18 Big red jelly (Tiburonia granrojo) | 1468 meters (4,815 feet) | Monterey Canyon
1:21 Whiptail gulper eel (Saccopharynx lavenbergi) | 1,295 meters (4,247 feet) | Monterey Canyon
1:25 Sea pig (Scotoplanes globosa) | 3,219 meters (10,558 feet) | Monterey Canyon
1:28 Red coffinfish (Chaunacops coloratus) | 3,309 meters (10,854 feet) | Taney Seamounts
1:30 Crystal amphipod (Cystisoma sp.) | 996 meters (3,267 feet) | Davidson Seamount
1:32 Piglet squid (Helicocranchia sp.) | 905 meters (2,968) | Monterey Bay
1:35 Boneworm (Osedax rubiplumus) | 1,820 meters (5,970 feet) | Greater Monterey Area
1:37 Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas) | 465 meters (1,525 feet) | Monterey Canyon
1:42 Strawberry squid (Histioteuthis heteropsis) | 620 meters (2,034 feet) | Monterey Canyon
1:47 Strawberry squid (Histioteuthis heteropsis) | 700 meters (2,296 feet) | Greater Monterey Area
1:49 Vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis) | 751 meters (2,463 feet)
1:52 King-of-the-salmon (Trachipterus altivelis) | 207 meters (679 feet)
1:54 Gossamer worm (Tomopteris sp.) | 579 meters (1,899 feet)
1:56 Bloody-belly comb jelly (Lampocteis cruentiventer) | 747 meters (2,450 feet)
2:00 Giant phantom jelly (Stygiomedusa gigantea) | 990 meters (3,247 feet)
2:13 Giant sea spider (Colossendeis sp.) | 2,855 meters (9,364 feet)
2:18 Flapjack octopus (Opisthoteuthis sp.) | 331 meters (1,086 feet)