Jellyfish 2 Video Axial Seamount VISIONS14
A red jellyish pulses while drifting by the ROV ROPOS during Leg 1, VISIONS'14.
August 31, 2014
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R1715 Laying Cable at the Base of Axial Seamount
Axial Base PN3A. During ROPOS Dive R1715, a 1 km cable was installed at the base of Axial Seamount near Primary Node PN3A using the Remotely Operated Cable Laying System (ROCLS) mounted to the underbelly of ROPOS. Video credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF; Dive R1715; V14.
July 20, 2014
ROPOS Going in on Axial Seamount Dive R1712
The remotely operated vehicle (ROV) ROPOS begins its first science dive at Axial Seamount of VISIONS'14. An empty junction box is attached beneath the ROV's 'belly'. Photo Credit: Mitch Elend, University of Washington, V14.
July 15, 2014
Axial Seamount
The OOI cabled observatory will instrument Axial Seamount, the most magmatically robust volcano along the Juan de Fuca Ridge. It hosts active hydrothermal vent fields and abundant sites of diffust flow. The cabled observatory will be installed at the summit of the seamount to monitor the major volcanic and tectonic events that create the oceanic crust and that modulate heat, chemical, and biological fluxes through the seafloor.
April 19, 2012
2011 Bathymetry of Axial Seamount Caldera
2011 Bathymetry of Axial Seamount Caldera (first draft), using the R/V Thompson's EM302. Data were processed by UW undergraduate student Brendan Philip using CARIS HIPS and SIPS software.
August 24, 2011
An Intro to Axial Seamount and Hydrothermal Vents
Co-chief scientist, Deb Kelley, gives an introduction to Axial Seamount and hydrothermal vent systems. Photo by Carlos Sanchez
August 9, 2010