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Posts by Johnny Willy

Researching the Twilight Zone

By Johnny Willy | August 27, 2019
Researching the Twilight Zone

Meet WHOI technician, Helena McMonagle, and learn how research is conducted in the Twilight Zone using MOCNESS. This was part…

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Meet an Ocean Twilight Zone photographer

By Johnny Willy | August 27, 2019
OTZ Photo

Meet fish ecologist and photographer, Paul Caiger as he explains how he brings together his passion for the Ocean Twilight…

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Mesobot: Following life in the Twilight Zone

By Johnny Willy | August 21, 2019
Mesobot

Mesobot is a brand new underwater vehicle designed to reveal what lives in the ocean’s twilight zone. Mesobot can follow…

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Tunnels to the Twilight Zone

By Johnny Willy | August 9, 2019
Tunnels to the Twilight Zone
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What is the story behind this new robot?

By Johnny Willy | July 31, 2019
Mesobot in a test tank

Mesobot is designed to let scientists observe the twilight zone by autonomously tracking individual animals for hours or even days…

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What’s it like in a submersible?

By Johnny Willy | July 31, 2019
In the submersible

It is hard to describe what it’s like to physically travel down to the twilight zone. Both Heidi Sosik, senior…

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Will we understand life in the twilight zone before it’s too late?

By Johnny Willy | June 4, 2019
OTZ Life

The ocean twilight zone is home to the greatest migration on Earth. Will we understand life in the twilight zone…

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Entering the Ocean Twilight Zone with Heidi Sosik

By Johnny Willy | June 3, 2019
Scientists underwater in a submersible

It is hard to describe what it’s like to physically travel down to the twilight zone. In addition to extraordinary…

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Discovering the Ocean Twilight Zone with Joel Llopiz

By Johnny Willy | June 3, 2019
OTZ Life

Most life forms in the twilight zone are tiny—a few inches or less—but even the smallest twilight zone inhabitants are…

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Mesobot Frame Assemble Timelapse

By Johnny Willy | May 9, 2019
bare mesobot frame being build

Like its cousin vehicle, the Deep-See, Mesobot will explore the deep, dim waters of the ocean twilight zone, hundreds to…

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