Image Archive

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

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A line attached from the top float of the Axial Base deep profiler mooring to the winch on ROPOS, prior to a recovery to diagnose and repair the mooring connector. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1740, V14

ROPOS attaching a line to the flotation sphere at the top of the deep profiler mooring at Axial Base, prior to recovery to fix a connector problem. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1740, V14

ROPOS uses rebar "staples" to secure the hydrophone cable into the seafloor at the Axial Base site. The hydrophone is mounted on the pink tripod on the right side of the frame. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1739, V14

ROPOS using a suction tube to vacuum out the caisson for the broadband seismometer at Axial Base. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF, ROPOS Dive 1739, V14

A purple ctenophore seen near the bottom (2608 meters) at Axial Base site Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1739, V14

A beautiful shot of a Rattail fish at 2564 meters depth at Axial Seamount. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF, ROPOS Dive R1739, V14.

The connectors for the deep profiler mooring and wire AXVMW4, with a photobomb from a Peniagone sea cucumber. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1739, V14

Cable AXVMW3 and assorted invertebrates (pom pom anemone, Scotoplanes, Benthodytes, ophiuroids) during dive R1739 at Axial Base (2600 meters). Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive R1739, V14

Tripod mounted CTD and optical attenuation sensors on the seafloor at the Axial Base site (2600m deep). Junction box LJ03A is visible in the background. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1739, V14

A bizarre sponge, Chondrocladia lampadiglobus, seen at Axial Base (2600m deep). First seen in 1960 in grainy black and white pictures, it was originally thought to be a Russian listening device by the US Navy, before it was eventually identified as an organism. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1739, V14

Two rattails, a Peniagone sea cucumber, and many ophiuroids at the Axial Base site (2600 meters). Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1739, V14

Removing the pins holding the descent weights onto the HPIES platform at Axial Base. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1739, V14

The HPIES (Horizontal Electrometer Pressure Inverted Echosounder) instrument on the seafloor at Axial Base site (2600m depth). Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1739, V14

A spider crab encountered at the Axial Base site (2600m deep) during a cable survey. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1739, V14

A sea pen, a colonial marine cnidarian belonging to the order Pennatulacea, seen at the Axial Base site (2600m depth) during a cable survey. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1739, V14

A dumbo octopus (Grimpoteuthis) at the Axial Base site at 2600 m water depth. Identified by cephalopod experts Stephanie Bush (MBARI) and Mike Vecchione (Smithsonian) Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF, Dive R1739, V14.

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APL/RSN engineer Eric Boget gently lowers the deep profiler package into the water during the mooring deployment. Photo Credit: Ed McNichol, Mumbian Enterprises, Inc.

APL/RSN engineers attaching the deep profiler vehicle to the mooring line during deployment at the Axial Base site. Photo Credit: Ed McNichol, Mumbian Enterprises, Inc.

The deployment of the HPIES (Horizontal Electrometer Pressure Inverted Echosounder) instrument off the fantail of the Thompson at the Axial Base site. The instrument was designed to freefall to the seafloor from the surface, and did so successfully. Photo Credit: Ed McNichol, Mumbian Enterprises, Ltd.

Eleven students from the University of Washington, University of Oregon, and Boston University are participating on Leg 2 of the VISIONS'14 expedition as part of the School of Oceanography experiential learning course 'Ocean 411'. Also shown is John Delaney (Chief Scientist - University of Washington) and Kendra Daly (Co-Chief Scientist - University of South Florida). Photo Credit: Ed McNichol, University of Washington, and Mumbian Enterprises; V14.

A crinoid on a stalk at the Axial Base site, 2600m depth. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1739, V14

The HPIES experiment about to be dropped to the seafloor from the surface. It is kept balanced by a series of weights attached to the bottom, so the equipment doesn't tip over on its way down.