Image Archive

A pom-pom anemone at Axial Base, moving around the legs of the HPIES instrument. Photo Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; V19

A rattail fish swimming near the Axial Base junction boxes during a CTD deployment. Photo credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; V19

A hagfish hangs out at the Oregon Offshore site. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; V18.

Collage of photos taken from screens in the control van showing microbial mats, hagfish, rockfish, flounders, shells chaff, clam, carbonate cobbles and methane seeps observed at Southern Hydrate Ridge. B-Y. Lee, University of Washington, V18.

A large pod(s) of Pacific White-Sided Dolphins spent ~30 minutes frolicking adjacent to the R/V Revelle, ~60-70 km west of Newport, Oregon. Credit: S. Denny, University of Washington, V17.

A small cluster of healthy Ridgeia tube worms grow near Skadis' Cauldron, a highly active snowblower in 2011. Credit: UW/OOI-NSF/WHOI; J2-980; V17.

Life thrives on the Shallow Profiler Mooring platforms at 200 m beneath the oceans' surface. This 12 ft across mooring platform is coated in dense communities of very large anenomes, small pink sea urchins, feathery brown crinoids , and small crabs and shrimp...the closer you look the more you see. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/Jason.

The mooring platform at the Oregon Offshore Site (~600 ft beneath the oceans' surface) abounds with life, supported by the nutrient-rich waters that characterize this area. Small crabs, urchins, and sea stars have colonized the platform since installed in 2014 during the VISIONS'14 cruise. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; J2-919, V16.

A bright yellow pedicellasterid starfish (unknown species) clings to a small carbonate cobble ~3000 ft beneath the ocean surface. Credit. NSF-OOI/UW/ISS; V15, ROPOS Dive R1858.

A very large anemone and octopus call the anchor of the Slope Base Shallow Profiler Mooring home. Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/ISS; V15 ROPOS Dive R1848.

A yellow pedicellasterid starfish (unknown species) clings to a small sponge-encrusted carbonate cobble on the Oregon margin during ROPOS Dive R1958. Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/ISS; V15

A red jellyfish (Poralia rufescens) at Southern Hydrate Ridge undulates past the ROV ROPOS near the carbonate pinnacle site during Dive R1851. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF; V15.

A rockfish and a pedicellasterid starfish (possibly Ampheraster sp.) are intermixed with clams near a bacterial mat on the methane seep site, Southern Hydrate Ridge during ROPOS Dive R1850. Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, V15.

An octopus clings to a mooring chain at ~9500 ft water depth near the toe of the Cascadia Margine off of Newport, Oregon. UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF; V15.

A close up of a beautiful stalk of Neptunea snail eggs recovered from Southern Hydrate Ridge. Credit: Mitch Elend, University of Washington, V15.

A lingcod resting on the seafloor next to the hydrophone cable at the Oregon Shelf (80m) site.   Photo Credit: NSF/UW/CSSF, Dive R1801, V14

A lingcod and two anemones attached to the Oregon Shelf hydrophone cable. Photo Credit: NSF/UW/CSSF, Dive R1801, V14

An orange anemone clinging to the hydrophone cable at the Oregon Shelf site. The hydrophone was only deployed roughly a week before, so this anemone found the hard substrate and attached itself fairly quickly.   Photo Credit: NSF/UW/CSSF, Dive R1801, V14

Snails form yellow egg stacks and are surrounded by sea anemones at a water depth of ~ 114 m off Oregon. Photo credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF; Dive R1780; V14.

For greater than an hour, porpoises were playing in the waves alongside the R/V Thompson, while we were working off of Newport Oregon. Photo Credit: Kevin Simans, University of Washington; V14.

Porpoises seem to enjoy the company of the R/V Thompson, often coming along side to "play" in the waves. Photo Credit. Kevin Simans, University of Washington; V14.

This strange fish, Genioliparis ferox (Stein), was first described in 1978 from a single specimen and never seen afterwards. It was imaged at 2901 m at the Slope Base Site during ROPOS Dive R1757. G. ferox is a ferocious mid-water predator, with many sharp teeth. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF; Dive R1757; V14.

A sunstar (Pycnopodia) seen at the Endurance Oregon Shelf site during a survey (80 meters water depth) Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive R1756, V14

A well-camouflaged octopus encountered during a survey at the Oregon Shelf site (80 meters water depth). Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF, ROPOS Dive R1756, V14.

A pink anemone seen on the seafloor at the Endurance Oregon Shelf site (80 meters water depth) Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive R1756, V14

Euphausiids (small shrimp-like crustaceans) Oregon Shelf site (80 meters water depth) Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, R1756, V14.

A Sunflower sea star (Pycnopodia) encountered during a site survey at the Endurance Oregon Shelf site (80 meters) Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive R1756, V14