Image Archive

The medium powered junction box at the Eastern Caldera site sits atop lobate flows at Axial Seamount. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI.V20

The MJ03E junction box is recovered latched beneath Jason after being on the seafloor 2583 days..and still fully functional. Credit. M. Elend, University of Washington.

A new junction box awaits final connection at the Eastern Caldera site. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI. V20

On August 8, 2014 all Secondary Infratructure at the summit of Axial Seamount was connected to Primary Node PN3B. Here, cable RS03W9 is being plugged into the SP1 port on PN3B. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1741; V14.

ROPOS collecting the dummy plugs and parking brakes from plugging infrastructure into primary node PN3B at Axial Caldera. A spider crab can be seen in the background. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1741, V14

Cable RS03W6 successfully plugged into SP3 on primary node PN3B at Axial Caldera. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1741, V14

ROPOS attempting to plug seafloor cable RS03W8 into SP4 on primary node PN3B at Axial Caldera. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1741, V14

Primary Node PN3B at Axial Caldera, along with cable RS03W9. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1741, V14

A bottom pressure-tilt instrument is installed at the Eastern Caldera Site on the summit of Axial Seamount. Image Credit: VISIONS'13, UW/OOI/CSSF; Dive R1617; V13.

A broadband seismometer installed at Eastern Caldera is coupled to a low-frequency hydrohone. Bags of pea gravel decrease "noise" from currents. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI//CSSF; ROPOS Dive R1722; V14.