Category: Visions 14

Imaging Einstein’s Grotto

Last evening, we again visited Neptunea’s Garden, a vast expanse of Neptunea snails laying eggs that form yellow, woven-like stalks. It was a very busy night and today is more intense.

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August 31, 2014

Busy Days at Hydrate Ridge and Oregon Offshore

The VISIONS’14 team of ship’s crew, engineers, scientists, and ROPOS folks have been very busy the past 24 hrs. During this time, we saw the complete installation of all three extension cables at the summit of Southern Hydrate Ridge.

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August 29, 2014

Extreme Environments and Life at Axial Seamount

Jesse Turner, Katie Bigham and Sam Albertson wrote the script for, and produced, this wonderful video on hydrothermal vents at the summit of Axial Seamount. The video highlights one of the most extreme environments on Earth and the novel life th

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August 29, 2014

Fitz Henry Lane

American painter Fitz Henry Lane was born on the Gloucester Peninsula in Massachusetts, which left an indelible mark on him.

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August 28, 2014

Winslow Homer

Winslow Homer started his career as an apprentice at a lithography workshop in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1855.

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August 28, 2014

To Sea We Go

The R/V Thompson left Newport partially hidden in the fog, on its way to the Slope Base Site near the foot of the continental margin. Onboard we have a new group of 9 undergraduate and graduate students from the UW College of the Environment,

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August 28, 2014