Cephalopods
Cephalopods have long captured human imaginations. This section presents a few examples of artistic impressions and expressions of all things cephalopod through the ages.
August 6, 2014
Category: Visions 14
August 6, 2014
About Cephalopods
Distant relatives of snails and clams, cephalopods are a class of marine molluscs that includes squid, cuttlefish, octopuses and nautiloids.
August 6, 2014
A Variety of Perspectives
I was a participant on VISIONS’13 and am fortunate to be a participant in VISIONS’14 as well. Last year, on VISIONS’13, the Co-Chief Scientists were Dr. John Delaney and Dr. Deb Kelley. John and Deb are marine geologists, w
August 6, 2014
Axial Base Camp
Continuous ROPOS dives since we arrived at the Axial Base site. We deployed a junction box, surveyed the cable routes, and are now in the process of laying the cables between the nodes and the eventual deep profiler and HPIES deployment locations.
August 6, 2014
Slope to Seamount
After reaching the Slope Base Site, deployments of junction boxes and cable laying proceeded. As the weather started to pick up again, the decision was made to proceed to Axial Base and continue the deployments there.
August 4, 2014
VISIONS 14 Leg 2 Begins
The R/V Thompson left Newport to start Leg 2 on August 1, 2014, heading for the Slope Base site. We deployed a Low Voltage node (LV01A) and conducted a couple of CTD casts.
August 3, 2014
End of Leg 1 Start of Leg 2
Greetings from Newport, Oregon! After a very full and productive first Leg, we arrived in port yesterday right on time at 1000 and were busy almost as soon as we hit the dock. The ship is currently a hive of activity as more instruments and cabl
July 31, 2014
Ernst Haeckel
Ernst Haeckel (1834 – 1919) was one of the most renowned biologists of the 19th century. After a short career as a physician, Haeckel turned his attention to zoology and served as a professor of comparative anatomy at the University of Jena in Germany.
July 31, 2014
July 30, 2014