
Pythias Oasis Student Blog: Steven Karaduzovic
When I first got on the boat, I felt like a kid. I was overcome with a sense of awe and curiosity. I kept thinking,
January 22, 2020
The head of an instrument that measures temperature, pH, and H2S is inserted into 302°C flow issuing from the vent called Diva. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; V19.
Microbial mats cover expansive areas of the Smokey Caverns site, which hosted exposed gas hydrate in 2017. Credit: UW/OOI-NSF/WHOI: V19.
APL Lead Engineer on the VISIONS19 Cabled Array expedition gazes out into the Pacific at the start of Leg 4. Credit: M. Elend, University of Washington, V19.
The 2019 OOI digital still camera at Southern Hydrate Ridge (770m) observing a plume of methane bubbles streaming out of the seafloor. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI, V19
The newly deployed MARUM OverSeer sonar following deployment at Southern Hydrate Ridge (770m) during VISIONS '19. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI, V19
A Sun Star (Solaster) sitting on top of Clare Reimers' (OSU) Benthic Observer platform at Oregon Offshore (600m). Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI, V19
As with the junction box at Oregon Shelf (80 m), the bioacoustic sonar platform is covered with anemones and fish. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI, V19.
During Jason dive J2-1150, a 120 m extension cable was recovered following its replacement. It provides power and communications to the Shallow Profiler Mooring. Credit: M. Elend, University of Washington.