Image Archive

The newly installed digital still camera at the El Gordo vent within the International District hydrothermal field catches ROPOS above the mass spectrometer. Credit: NSF/OOI/UW, V15.

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Malea and Diana laugh, recognizing they both dressed alike during a morning on the R/V Thompson expedition. Credit: Ed McNichol, V15.

A small shark swims past the mooring platform at the base of Axial Seamout - the platorm is ~ 600 ft beneath the ocean's surface. Credit:  NSF-OOI/UW/ISS; V15.

The ROPOS control room onboard the R/V Thompson is a magical place for many where we get to see parts of the ocean never before seen, and first of their kind operations. 

A school of small fish greeted the ROV ROPOS during our first visit to this ~ 600 ft deep platform since it was installed in 2014. Credit:  NSF-OOI/UW/ISS; Dive R1832; V15.

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A titanium 'cap' is placed on the top of El Gordo by ROPOS, which focuses the diffuse fluid so that a fluid and microbial DNA sampler can get hydrothermal fluids samples largely undiluted by seawater. The fluid-DNA sampler is in the background. Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/ISS; Dive R1836; V15.

The RO ROPOS holds a 'IGT' gas tight bottle in the orifice of the 280°C chimney called Diva. The high temperature fluids exiting the seafloor at this anhydrite-rich (CaSO4) vent contain the highest carbon dioxide concentrations at Axial Seamount. Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/ISS; Dive R1836; V15.

Pyconogonids are abundant on many sulfide structures in the vent fields within the caldera of Axial Seamount. These 8-legged anthropods are commonly found in areas where venting has stopped, leaving variably oxidized edificies. Here, they are associated with snails an a small scale worm ~ 1 cm; in length. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF; ROPOS Dive R1836; V15.

Kadijah Homolka models a gumby suit during the Leg 1 safety meeting. 

An Osmotic fluid sampler is installed in a small diffuse flow site hosting abundant tubeworms, limpets, and palm worms in the ASHES hydrothermal fluid. When recovered next year, the fluids this sampler host will provide information on how vent fluid chemistry changes over time. The nozzle iis installed inside a triangular 3D thermistor array is Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF; ROPOS Dive R1835; V15.

A lush community of vibrant red tube worms grows on a 1 m tall black smoker chimney in the ASHES hydrothermal field. The tube worms, which are hosted in white housings about the diameter of your small finger, are intergrown with brown palm worms.Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF; Dive R1835; V15.

A new high definition camera was installed at the hydrothermal vent called 'Mushroom' in the ASHES hydrothermal field atop Axial Volcano. The camera, built by the UW Applied Physics Lab, was tested today and streamed live HD imagery >300 miles back to shore from a water depth of >5000 m. Credit: Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/ISS; Dive R1835; V15.

A side view of the 12 foot-acoss Shallow Profiler platform on a 2700 m-tall, 2 legged mooring with an instrument package in the foreground hosting acoustic doppler current profilers, a digital still camera, and a variety of chemical and biological sensors. The 'head' of the shallow winched profiler science pod rises above the platform in the background. Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/ISS; Dive R1834; V15.

A squadron of Dall porpoises graced the R/V Thompson on July 7. Credit: Ed McNichol, University of Washington, V15.

ROPOS breaches the surface during Leg 1 of the Cabled Array Expedition. Credit: Mitch Elend, University of Washington, V15.

Jessica created a sling from half hitch knots to create a safety loop on her VIMOT (very important mug of tea). Credit: Jessica Noe, University of Washington, 15.

The fantail of the R/V Thompson loaded with junction boxes, science pods for the Shallow Profiler Moorings, and a variety of instruments. Credit: Jesse Turner, University of Washington, V15.

Students meet in the library with Deb to discuss the projects that they will begin to work on during this cruise, and which will extend into fall quarter at the UW. Credit: Ed McNichol, V15.

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A side-looking view of the 12 ft-across Shallow Profiler Mooring platform hosting newly installed instrumented science pods. Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/ISS; Dive R1831; V15.

The ROV ROPOS begins its ~600 ft descent to the Shallow Profiler Mooring at the Slope Base site with an instrumented Winched Shallow Profiler 'pod' latched to its underbelly. Credit: Mitch Elend, University of Washington, V15.

Malea learns how to conduct oxygen analyses on seawater from >130 km offshore Newport Oregon. Credit: Deb Kelley, University of Washington, V15.

Jessica helps launch the CTD at the beginning of the Cabled Array VISIONS'15 expedition. Credit: Mitch Elend, University of Washington.

A line of shallow winched profilers and instrumented platform interface assemblies await installation on  2-legged Shallow Profiler Moorings that provide real-time data on chemical, biological, and physical properties of ocean waters off the coast of Oregon. Credit. Deb Kelley, University of Washington, V15.