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

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49K views · 1.3K reactions | Happy World Ocean Day! Here's hoping you never stop exploring and appreciating the wonders of our ocean. [We saw this very active Pacific fourhorn octopus (Pteroctopus hoylei) while exploring an unnamed seamount northwest of Holanikū (Kure Atoll) in April. For more from the expedition, visit: https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/okeanos-beyond-the-blue/ex2503/welcome.html.] | NOAA Ocean Exploration | Facebook