Crab sitting near carbonate cobble at the summit of Southern Hydrate Ridge. Photo credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF; Dive R1750; V14.  

A rockfish (possibly a Pacific Ocean perch) rests near Einstein's Grotto at Southern Hydrate Ridge. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF; ROPOS Dive R1750; V14.

Burrowing anemone imaged during ROPOS dive R1750. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF; ROPOS Dive R1750; V14.

mage of soft coral taken by the ROV ROPOS on dive R1750 at the Summit of Southern Hydrate Ride. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF; Dive R1750; V14.

A modifed McLane profiler is clamped to the Deep Profiler Vertical Mooring, installed during the VISIONS'14 expedtition. Photo Credit: Ed McNichol, © 2014 Mumbian Enterprises, Inc., University of Washington. V14.

Kendra Daly, a Project Scientist on RSN and a Co-Chief Scientist on the VISIONS'14 Expedition processes water samples that were taken adjacent to a Deep Profiler. Photo Credit. E. McNichol, © 2014 Mumbian Enterprises, Inc; V14.

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A Boreopacific armhook squid (Gonatopsis borealis) at 384 meters near the Deep Profiler mooring at Oregon Offshore (600 meters deep). Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF, ROPOS Dive R748, V14.

The hydrophone tripod connected to the BEP at the Endurance Oregon Offshore site. The hydrophone is an underwater microphone listening for marine mammal vocalizations, anthropogenic noise, and other acoustic signals. It is offset from the BEP site by ~10 meters to reduce background noise. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1747, V14

There are six students on the VISIONS'14 cruise experiencing first hand what it is like to live and work aboard the R/V Thompson and to use the Canadian ROV ROPOS. Photo Credit: Mitch Elend, University of Washington, School of Oceanography; V14.

A catshark (Apristurus) encountered during a cable survey at the Oregon Offshore site (585 meters depth). Photo Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF, ROPOS Dive 1747, V14.

The digital still camera deployed the Oregon Offshore site (600 m). Photo Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF, ROPOS Dive 1747, V14.

The digital still camera in the ROPOS toolbasket during deployment at the Oregon Offshore site (600 m); the camera at is designed to look at the seafloor in general, observing animal activity, sediment transport, detritus falls, and bioturbation. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF, Dive 1747, V14.

The Benthic Experiment Package on the seafloor at Endurance Oregon Offshore, connected to the low-voltage node LV01C by the cable extending under the protective doors. The oxygen sensor is visible on the left side, and the 3D velocimeter and ADCP can be seen on the top left and right (respectively). Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1747, V14

Primary Node PN1C provides power and bandwidth to the Oregon Offshore site (600 m). Because it is in shallow waters, it hosts a 'trawl resistant' frame - here with the protective doors closed. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF, ROPOS Dive 1747, V14.

Removing the hydrophone tripod from the Benthic Experiment Package (BEP) during deployment at Oregon Offshore site (600 meters depth). The hydrophone was moved ~8 meters away to avoid picking up noise from the other sensors in the BEP. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF, ROPOS Dive 1745, V14.

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Ed McNichol at Video Control on board the R/V Thomas G. Thompson. Photo Credit: Mitch Elend, University of Washington; V14.

Diagram of video transport, web encoding and distribution. Image credit: Center for Environmental Visualization.

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The Benthic Experiment Package (BEP) deployed at the Offshore site (600 meters depth) and plugged into low-voltage node LV01C. Photo Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF, ROPOS Dive 1745, V14.