Image Archive

A close-up picture of the skinny fish seen at 565m depth at the Axial Base site. It has been tentatively identified as Bathylychnops exilis or a Paralepidid by Brian Sidlauskas and Ben Frable (OSU) Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1738, V14

A small cranchiid squid at the Axial Base site at 1318 m water depth. Tentatively identified as Taonius by cephalopod expert Stephanie Bush (MBARI). Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF, ROPOS Dive R1738, V14.

An orange Peniagone cucumber swimming past ROPOS during the AXVMW3 cable lay at Axial Base (2600m) Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1738, V14

Attaching a strain relief line to the Yale grip on cable AXVMW3 at Axial Base. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1738, V14

ROPOS removing the bungee holding slack cable from AXVMW3 onto ROCLS, at the Axial Base site. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1738, V14

The port manipulator of ROPOS ROV removing the brake from the ROCLS cable laying system at the Axial Base site (2600 m depth). Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1738, V14

A large rattail swims beside LJ03A and LV03A at the Axial Base site (2600 meters deep). Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1738, V14

A red siphonophore encountered during the descent to the Axial Base site, at 729 meters depth. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1738, V14

A skinny fish (either Bathylychnops exilis or a Paralepidid) seen during the ROPOS descent to the Axial Base site, at 565 meters. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1738, V14

ROPOS about to go for a night dive

Rachel with a Velella velella jellyfish

A bunch of Peniagone taking flight during a ROCLS cable lay at the Axial Base site. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1737, V14

The empty ROCLS spool on the seafloor at Axial Base, after laying cable AXVMW4 from LV03A to the deep profiler site. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1737, V14

A Peniagone sea cucumber swam past ROPOS during dive 1737, prior to laying cable AXVMW4 on the seafloor at Axial Base. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1737, V14

A Peniagone sea cucumber swam past ROPOS prior to laying AXVMW4 on the seafloor. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1737, V14

The P1 end of extension cable AXVMW4 plugged into LV03A at Axial Base. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1737, V14

A swimming sea cucumber floating by ROPOS as it prepares to plug AXVMW4 into LV03A at Axial Base. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1737, V14

ROPOS removing the protective cap from the P1 end of extensions cable AXVMW4, prior to plugging it into low-voltage node LV03A at Axial Base. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1737, V14

Removing Marker #22 from the seafloor at Axial Base, prior to laying cable AXVMW4. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1737, V14

ROPOS removing the bungee cords holding the slack cable of AXVMW4 onto the ROCLS sled. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1737, V14

A closeup view of a dinner plate jelly seen at Axial Base during dive 1737. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1737, V14

A large purple Benthodytes (?) cucumber seen at Axial Base site during a cable lay transect. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1736, V14

A large white sea star encountered during a cable laying survey at Axial Base. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1736, V14

A soft-bodied echinothuriid sea urchin (in upper right) encountered during the cable lay survey at Axial Base. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1736, V14

A burrowing anemone on the seafloor at the Axial Base site. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1736, V14

Junction box LJ03A cabled to the low-voltage node LV03A at the Axial Base site. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1736, V14

During our cable survey at the Axial Base site we observed a rattail swimming towards a large sea star, near a large aggregation of ophiuroids (brittle stars). Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1736, V14