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Soft corals bend in the currents at the edge of a bacterial mat. Here, live clams with symbionts thrive in the methane and hydrogen sulfide-rich fluids. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF; ROPOS Dive R1773; V14.

Weather from large storms brings in moderate-high winds and white-capped waves that prevent diving operations. Photo Credit: Mitch Elend, University of Washington, V14.

The cable ship, the CS Dependable, works off the bow of the R/V Thompson during cable-laying operations. Photo Credit: Mitch Elend, Uiversity of Washington, V14.

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An in situ, cabled mass spectrometer is installed at a methane seep at the summit of Southern Hydrate Ridge. The OOI-RCA mass spectrometer was built by Peter Girguis, Harvard University. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF; ROPOS Dive R1772; V14.

A push core is taken with the ROV ROPOS adjacent to a Mosquit flow meter built by E. Solomon at the University of Washington. The entrapped sediment, pore fluids, and bacterial mats were brought back to the ship for ship- and shore-based analyses. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF; ROPOS Dive R1772; V14.

A Mosquito; flow meter (far left) and osmotic fluid sampler (far right) installed in methane seep at Southern Hydrate Ridge. A second Mosquito, colonized by organisms, awaits recovery. These instruments provide fluid chemistry information, as well as calculations of fluid flow in and out of the seafloor. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF; Dive R1772; V14.

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A Starry Flounder hangs out during installation of short-period seismometers at Southern Hydrate Ridge. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI//CSSF; ROPOS Dive R1769; V14.

One of the gifts of being at sea is watching the ever changing ocean and sky. Photo Credit: Mitch Elend, University of Washington; V14.

Inside the ROPOS control room on the R/V Thompson during predive preparation. Photo Credit: Lauren Kowalski, University of Washington; V14

ROV ROPOS takes a digital-still camera in a tool basket down to the seafloor for installation at the active methane seep called Einstein's Grotto on Southern Hydrate Ridge. Photo Credit: Mitch Elend, University of Washington; 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.

During the VISIONS'14 expedition, we have seen thousands of Velella Velella (By the Wind Sailors) that are typically 7 cm in length. 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.

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A cranchiid squid (likely Taonius borealis) swimming over a field of Neptunea snails and their egg cases at Southern Hydrate Ridge. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF

Hagfish (purple), red rockfish, crabs, and hermit crabs wander within the nusery for Neptunea snails laying eggs that form yellow stocks on carbonate cobbles. Southern Hydrate Ridge. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF; ROPOS Dive R1766; V14.

The digital still camera (CAMDSB103) sits atop a small, heavilysedimented rampart in front of the actively venting methane seep Einstein's Grotto at the summit of Southern Hydrate Ridge. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF; ROPOS Dive R1767; V14.

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A rockfish and hemit crabs hang out in a nursery of Neptunea snails at the summit of Southern Hydrate Ridge.The snail stalks rise from small carbonate cobbles. Photo credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF; ROPOS Dive R1766; V14.

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