Exploring >40 m Tall Active Black Smokers
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.
August 30, 2011
Category: Visions 11
New Snowblowers Huge Lava Channels Weird Life
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.
August 30, 2011
Cable Installation Update
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
August 29, 2011
Exploring Khiones Snowblowers of the Deep
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!
August 29, 2011
Entry 11
Today and yesterday were very full days. Yesterday, I listened to two talks given by different professors. Both of them were really interesting,
August 29, 2011
Wrapping up the weekend
It’s been a fun past couple of days on our little floating island out here. On Friday the resident film crew wanted to take out the zodiac
August 29, 2011
Day 9
August 27th, 2011 – Day 9 – On watch this morning, we were on Dive 1470 which started at International District to do a survey of the
August 28, 2011
Day 8
August 26th, 2011 – Day 8 – When I took the watch this morning, we were on Dive 1469 which started in ASHES vent field to deploy a ve
August 28, 2011
Day7
August 25th, 2011 – Day 7 – This morning, I was finally able to get data for my project. During this Dive (1468), we were taking samp
August 28, 2011
Time flies
The ship is constantly active; at any given hour, you can walk through any room and find somebody up. There’s always something to distract
August 28, 2011