It’s been an exciting summer for ocean researcher Quinn Girasek—who played a role in the North Atlantic Stepping Stones expedition, cataloging previously unexplored habitats of the Atlantic Gulf Stream. Although landlocked herself, the NOAA scholarship intern was part of an onshore team annotating organisms as they appeared live on divers’ cameras. And there was plenty to explore through her computer screens. Highlights from the dive—targeting the deep scattering layer (200–1,000 meters/ 656–3,281 feet underwater) along Hydrographer Canyon—include several newly discovered species, and the spectacle of a beautiful red jellyfish (in the genus Poralia) seen on Dive 20, which may be an undescribed species. (Courtesy of NOAA Ocean Exploration, 2021 North Atlantic Stepping Stones: New England and Corner Rise Seamounts) “My role during this expedition was annotating the water column dive, which took place on July 28, 2021,” Quinn said. “The annotations were added into SeaTube, an electronic database run by …