Image Archive

Small fish hover around the top float for the Deep Profiler Mooring at Slope Base. Here, Jason removes the acoustic beacon following cleaning of the mooring cable.

The ROV Jason emerges from the NE Pacific following its dive at the summit of Axial Seamount (1500 m). Credit: M. Elend, University of Washington, V20.

Jason is recovered onto the R/V Thompson with a digital still camera in the undervator. Credit: I. Borchert, University of Washington, V20.

The Deep Profiler is secured into the 'clam shell' on the front of the ROV Jason. Credit: I. Borchert, University of Washington, V20.

Jason emerges from a dive atop Axial Seamount (1500 m). Credit: M. Elend, University of Washington. 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.

The titan4 arm of Jason reaches for the osmotic fluid sampler in the ASHES hydrothermal field. Fractures in the lobate lava flows leaking warm fluids support colonies of whte bacteria and small tube worms. The HD video camera is in the background. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI. V20

A wall of monitors inside the Jason control van provide a wealth of information to Jason and the RCA Science-Engineering team. Here, the ROV is installing a sensor into the high temperature vent 'Diva.' Credit: University of Washington. V20.

The Benthic Experiment Package recovered after a year-long deployment comes aboard the R/V Thompson latched beneath the ROV Jason. Credit: University of Washington. V20.

The ROV Jason rises from the deep after diving in the International District Hydrothermal Field. Credit: University of Washington.

Jason rises from dive J2-1262 with the HD camera secured in the undervator. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI. V20

During testing of the cabled high definition camera, which streams live imagery to shore every three hours, the camera lights up Jason at working at nearly a mile beneath the oceans surface on this active volcano. Credit: UW/OOI-NSF. V20.

The remotely operated vehicle Jason, operated by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, enters the NE Pacifc off Newport Oregon as part of the University of Washington led, NSF-OOI Cabled Array expedition. Credit: M. Elend, University of Washington, V18.

Jason launched over the side of the R/V Revelle during the NSF-funded OOI Cabled Array expedition. A low voltage junction box, built by the UW Applied Physics Lab, is latched under the vehicles 'belly' to safely take it to the seafloor. Credit: M. Elend, University of Washington, V18.

A view of the inside of the Jason control van at the beginning of Leg 2. Jason is working on the a Benthic Experiment Package off of Newport Oregon. Credit: Z. Cooper, University of Washington, V17.

University of Washington School of Oceanography undergraduate students, Katie Gonzalez and Willem Weertman document the Pythias Oasis dive. Credit: M. Elend, University of Washington, V17.

A diverse suite of displays allow monitoring of ROV operations in the control van during the dive to the Pythias Oasis Site discovered by, then, University of Washington School of Oceanography undergraduate Brendan Philp. The central large display shows the "Gusher" site, ringing by orange anemones and adjacent clams. The Jason manipulator holds a temperature probe used to measure the warm fluids. Credit: M. Elend, University of Washington, V17.

The ROV Jason enters the water at the Cabled Array Offshore Oregon site, water depth 600 m. Credit: M. Elend, University of Washington.

The ROV Jason enters the water for the first dive (J2970) of the UW-NSF Regional Cabled Array cruise. Credit: M. Elend, University of Washington.

The Jason team rotates the vehicle in place for latching into the 3200 lb Benthic Experiment Platform for installation at the Oregon Shelf site. Credit: M. Elend, University of Washington, V16.

The ROV Jason takes a digital still camera in their elevator latched beneath the vehicle to the seafloor at Southern Hydrate Ridge. Credit: M. Elend, University of Washington, V16.

A view of the myriad screens inside the Jason control van during Jason Dive 921 at Southern Hydrate Ridge. Credit. M. Elend, University of Washington, V16.

The Titan manipulators on the ROV Jason conduct complex operations during installation of the Platform Interface Assembly hosting multiple instruments. The PIA is attached to the 200 m deep, 12 foot across platform on the two-legged Shallow Profiler Mooring at Axial Base. Credit: UW/OOI-NSF/WHOI, Dive J911,V16.

The ROV Jason enters the NE Pacific waters for the first time during the VISIONS'16 cruise. Credit: M. Elend, University of Washington; V16.

Junction Box LJ03A being moved into position at the start of Jason Dive 907. Credit: M. Elend, University of Washington; V16.