Waiting for the Not Terribly Big One
Check out the latest blog post from Mary Miller of the Exploratorium who is onboard VISIONS '13:
July 24, 2013
Category: Visions 13
Diving at Axial
Not long after completing the 18-hour transit to the Eastern Caldera site on Axial Seamount, ROV ROPOS was successfully launched over the side of
July 22, 2013
Transition Leg 2 to Leg 3
Leg 2 of the VISIONS ’13 cruise ended at 09:00 on July 18 when the Thompson tied up at the NOAA Marine Operations Center dock in Newport, O
July 22, 2013
History on the High Seas
"History is being made on the VISIONS '13 expedition, but it sometimes comes in fits and starts." Read More »
July 22, 2013
Finding my Way on a Research Ship
Mary Miller, Project Director for the Public Understanding of Research at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, is onboard the Thompson during VISI
July 21, 2013
OOI Team Sets Sail for Station Papa
With the OOI regional cabled observatory team working at sea on the R/V Thompson, another OOI expedition set sail yesterday from the Uni
July 16, 2013
Wiring a Volcano
On July 15, we completed installation of 15,364 feet (4683 meters) of fiber optic extension cable on the summit of Axial Seamount from Primary Node 3B
July 16, 2013
OOI to Deploy First Global Site
The Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) program this month will deploy the first global site of the OOI infrastructure at the Station Papa locat
July 15, 2013
Laying Cable at the Summit of Axial Volcano
July 13, ROPOS Dive 1603, marked the start of laying cable at the summmit of Axial Seamount. The first cable chosen was a "short" 600 m
July 15, 2013
First Live Data From the Seafloor
With the first live streaming of data received from the seafloor, last ngiht was an historic moment for the OOI-NSF Regional Scale Nodes
July 13, 2013