HPIES on the Deck of the RV Thompson
The HPIES instrument awaits deployment on the aft deck of the R/V Thompson during Leg 2 of the VISIONS'15 cruise. Credit: Alex Jamsedi, Western Washington University; V15.
The HPIES instrument awaits deployment on the aft deck of the R/V Thompson during Leg 2 of the VISIONS'15 cruise. Credit: Alex Jamsedi, Western Washington University; V15.
Leg 1 of the Cabled Array VISIONS"15 expedition has been extremelly successful with the back deck of the R/V Thompson bulging at the seams with recovered infrastructure and instruments. ROPOS has had rapid turn arounds, pounding out dives. The science crew is tired, but happy. Credit: Mitch Elend, University of Washington, V15.
The remotely operated vehicle ROPOS is launched from the R/V Thompson. ROPOS will dive to 5000 ft beneath the ocean's surface to the summit of Axial Seamount. Today the ocean in the NE Pacific is calm. Photo credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF; Dive R1726; V14.
The R/V Thompson briefly docked at Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport, OR for a personnel transfer and to offload the AUV Sentry.