There’s a lot we don’t know about the ocean depths and the creatures that live there. The shiny orb remains unidentified.
Fortunately, no horror movie unfolded. The ROV’s robotic grabber “tickled” the orb and found it was soft on the outside. The team deployed the suction tube and determined the orb was a bit more solid than expected. It took some effort to get the object into the tube, but some shaking got it to go down.
The orb looked strange in its natural habitat, but it appeared to be even more bizarre once it was on the ship. A photo of the specimen out of the water shows a shiny, hand-sized blob that may have layers to it.expedition kicked off on August 23 and runs through September 16. Researchers are investigating and mapping unexplored deep habitats and seamounts in the Gulf of Alaska. A seamount is an underwater mountain that extends steeply up from the seafloor.
While an egg casing might be the leading idea for identification of the orb, it’s not a certainty. “Unfortunately, the on-ship team has not been able to identify the ‘orb,’ and it is likely we won't know more about it until after the sample can be taken to a lab for further examination,” NOAA Ocean Exploration spokesperson Emily Crum told me over email.
If it turns out to be an egg casing, that would lead to a new question: What laid the golden egg? The mystery remains for now.
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