Blogs
Cable Burial Continues at Second Node
Monday, July 23, 2012
Burial of cable Segments 2 and 3, which are connected to Primary Node 1B, is continuing. ...
Second Node Installed!
Friday, July 20, 2012
Operations for the deployment of Primary Node 1B (PN1B) started late in the evening of July 19. Just before midnight it was confirmed that the no ...
Splicing Node PN1B into Se ...
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Splicing of primary node PN1B into segment 3 was completed overnight and finished by 9:00am this morning. TE Subcom’s splicers are now work ...
Recovering End of Segment ...
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
By 0300h the end of cable Segment 2 was buoyed off and we were headed to the end of our next cable segment (3), a few miles away. This time aroun ...
Word for the Day: Persiste ...
Monday, July 16, 2012
After 2 days of continuous effort, 3 grapnel runs, and 3 remotely operated vehicle (ROV) dive attempts, we finally recovered the shallow end of c ...
Major Milestone: First Nod ...
Saturday, July 14, 2012
By 4 pm today, Primary Node 1A had been successfully landed perfectly flat on the seafloor to within an incredibly-precise 35 meters of the inten ...
Primary Node 1A Powered Up ...
Friday, July 13, 2012
OOI personnel at the shore station in Pacific City, Oregon, are actively involved in node installation. They are monitoring activities as the ...
Recovering and Testing Cab ...
Thursday, July 12, 2012
It's 9:00 am. We have just finished recovering 10km of Segment 2 and the cable is being tested once again. We are getting ready to relay it a ...
OOI Primary Node Installat ...
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Our very first operation has been a success! We recovered the end of cable Segment 1 using a grapnel towed behind the vessel. ...
Dockside Primary Node Test ...
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
In preparation for OOI RSN primary node deployment in summer 2012, tests of rigging configurations took place on April 17 and 18, 2012. ...
Update on Secondary Nodes ...
Friday, March 02, 2012
A successful Critical Design Review (CDR) for the RSN Secondary Nodes subsystem took place at the University of Washington ...
Design and Build: Temperat ...
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Work began in January 2012 on the design and build of the Regional Scale Nodes' first Core Non-Commercial instrument ...
OOI Milestones in 2011
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
The NSF Ocean Observatories Initiative achieved several significant milestones in 2011, including the installation of the Regional Scale Nodes ca ...
Update on Test Frames
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
In August 2010, RSN Engineers deployed two half-size test frames, one at Hydrate Ridge and one at Axial Seamount ...
Completed: Cable Installat ...
Friday, September 23, 2011
Installation of the 900 km (540 miles) of the main, or backbone, OOI cable off the coast of Oregon was completed on September 5, 2011. ...
Going Home
Thursday, September 01, 2011
After three weeks at sea, the R/V Thompson turned east yesterday for the 28-hour steam home. This cruise has been incredibly busy and as we head ...
Sept. 1, Marine Geology Cl ...
Thursday, September 01, 2011
As part of the VISIONS '11 education programs, Dr. Leslie Sautter, professor of geology at the College of Charleston, will lead ...
Exploring >40 m Tall Activ ...
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Today was the final ROPOS dive of the series, ending with an exciting dive in the new hydrothermal field discovered at the beginning of Leg 2. ...
New Snowblowers, Huge Lava ...
Monday, August 29, 2011
Yesterday and into the early afternoon was a long “day” with a lot of seafloor covered by the ROV in the caldera of Axial Seamount. ...
Cable Installation Update
Monday, August 29, 2011
According to my calculation, today August 29th 2011 is day 63 of the OOI cable installation. We had a short and unexpected break in Portland, Ore ...
Exploring Khione's Snowblo ...
Sunday, August 28, 2011
ROPOS was in the water by mid afternoon for the start of Dive 1472 – a long one anticipated to run for the next 20-24 hrs! ...
Back into the ASHES Hydrot ...
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Today was a busy day with the termination of a very long dive that started last night and ended in the afternoon. ...
Exploring the Internationa ...
Friday, August 26, 2011
Cable route and ASHES: Following another cable route survey across the caldera of Axial Seamount this morning, the rest of the d ...
Dive 1469 - Cable Routes A ...
Thursday, August 25, 2011
The day started early with the first live-streaming class as part of the VAST (Visions at-Sea Telepresence) program led by Dr. Leslie Sautter ...