Exposed Hydrate at Einsteins Grotto
A photo from the Jason van screen showing exposed methane hydrate at Einsteins’s Grotto – the first time we have observed it there.
A photo from the Jason van screen showing exposed methane hydrate at Einsteins’s Grotto – the first time we have observed it there.
Einsteins Grotto, the active methane seep first visited by the UW in 2010, continues to surprise us – this year, multiple bubble streams were issuing from the pit and exposed methane hydrate was documented in the sides of the wall. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI, V18.
A strong bubble plume issues from Einstein's Grotto early morning of August 29, 2014. Photo credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF; Dive R1761; V14.
Einstein's Grotto as first seen in 2011 and then again in 2013 (credit: NSF/UW/CSSF)
Einstein’s Grotto, at the summit of Southern Hydrate Ridge, is a main target site for installation of cabled chemical and biological sensors in 2014. The area hosts extensive white bacterial mats and was a site of vigorous venting of large methane bubbles. This 2011 image, showswater sampling bottles on the arm of the Canadian robotic vehicle ROPOS. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF. V14.