Image Archive

The summit of El Guapo continues to vigorously vent high temperature fluids. The fluids reach temperatures of 350°C. Credit: UW/OOI-NSF/WHOI; J2-980, V17.

The Cabled Array digital still camera in the International District Hydrothermal Field photographs Jason during dive J2-980. Credit:UW/OOI-NSF/WHOI, V17

This science pod was cut loose from the Axial Base Shallow Profiler mooring on Sunday morning and was throughly cleaned by an eager group of students. The growth visible on the pod comes after just one year in the water, and since many of the instruments on the pod require unobstructed intake lines for sampling, the pods must be replaced yearly. 

Katie Gonzalez holds juvenile scallops she recovered from the Shallow Profiler platform at Axial Base. Credit: M. Elend, University of Washington, V17.

Katie Gonzalez, from Clallam Bay, will be a freshman at the University of Washington Fall 2017 where she will study Oceanography and work with Deb Kelley. Here, she is cleaning an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler recovered from 2900 m water depth at the Slope Base site. Credit: M. Elend, University of Washington.

A couple samples of pyrosomes collected in shallow surface waters at the base of Axial Seamount. Credit: M. Elend, University of Washington, V17.

Jason gets a live portrait taken while diving in the International District Hydrothermal Field by the Regional Cabled Array digital still camera. The lights on the ROV were turned off, and APL engineers in the UW Operations turned the camera on from onshore, >500 km away. Credit: UW/OOI-NSF, V17.

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The weird fish at 2900 m water depth at the Slope Base site, visits us almost every year. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI, V17.

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The R/V Revelle transits under calm seas to Axial Seamount, the largest and most active volcano on the Juan de Fuca Ridge. Credit: Hanis Zulaikha, University of Washington.

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Eve Hudson and Kelsy Cain help clean the Science Pod recovered from Axial Seamount after a 1-year deployment. Credit: M. Elend, University of Washington, V17.

Triana Litchendorf, an engineer with the UW Applied Physics Laboratory observes the Science Pod recovered after a year at 200-50 m beneat the oceans surface. It is covered in biological communities that include smalle scallops and a barnacle. Credit: M. Elend, University of Washington, V17.

The R/V Roger Revelle is tied up at the Newport NOAA facility on a peaceful summer night. Credit: Carlos Arcila, Puerto Rico, V17

The Science Pod component from the winched shallow profiler comes onboard the R/V Revelle. It was completely free of animal growth when installed summer of 2016. Credit: M. Elend, University of Washington.

Carlos is a senior undergraduate in Puerto Rico. Credit: Carlos Arcilia.

A close up view of the newly installed winched Shallow Profiler at the Oregon Offshore site. The platform is at 200 m water depth. The manipulator arm of the ROV Jason is about to pull a couple of pull pins to let the Science Pod be free. Credit: UW/OOI-NSF/WHOI.

A close up of the cabled Shallow Profiler Mooring at the Oregon Offshore site showing the Platform Interface Assembly (left) and the top of the winched Shallow Profiler Science Pod (right). The platform inbetween was installed in 2014 and is now heavily colonized by animals. Credit: UW/OOI-NSF/WHOI.

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A gift from Monique Bells' papa is shared at sea. Credit: Monique Bell, University of Washington.

Several albatross were "hanging out" around the R/V Revelle at the Oregon Offshore site. The wingspan from one tip of one wing to the other can reach 80 inches. Credit: Hanis Zulaikha, University of Washington.

Brittle Stars, crinoids and sea urchins recovered from the Shallow Profiler Mooring packages at the Oregon Offshore site. Credit: Hanis Zulaikha, University of Washington.

UW Oceanography student, Hanis Zulaikha, learns about the CTD from Julie Nelson, Grays Harbor College, prior to its first deployment on the VISIONS17 UW-NSF-OOI Cabled Array cruise. Credit: M. Elend, University of Washington.

Monique Bell samples fluids from 200 m beneath the oceans' surface collected with a CTD during the UW-NSF-OOI Cabled Array operations and maintenance cruise. Credit: M. Elend, University of Washington.

Eve Hudson, a high school student taking classes at Peninsula College, learns to sample fluids collected with the CTD on the first cast of the Cabled Array OOI-NSF-UW VISIONS'17 cruise. Credit: M. Elend, University of Washington.