VISIONS'14 students onboard the R/V Thompson their first night. From left to right: Don Setiawan, Gina Hansen, Jesse Turner, Kaite Bingham, Sam Albertson, Krista Nunnally, and Charles Garcia.

A super moon rises over Seattle as observed from the University of Washington's research vessel the R/V Thompson. A fine send off to the start of an 84-day expedition to complete the installation of the U.S. first underwater high power and bandwidth cabled observatory. Photo credit: Skip Denny, University of Washington, V14.

A composite of ocean circulation, seafloor bathymetry, tectonic plate boundries, and world population. Composite created by Center for Environmental Visualization.

Mobilizing ROPOS at Pier 90 in Seattle, July 11, 2014 Photo credit: Debbie Kelley, University of Washington

Neruda: It Is Born

Rachel Carson

Quinlan Lonergan

Ryan Brennan

Katie Bigham

Taylor Faubion

Rachel Hubbard

Marine Lebrec

Brendan Philip

Ian is a sophmore at the University of Washington in the Department of Earth and Space Sciences.

The Oregon Inshore Site will host both cabled and uncabled infrastructure. During the VISIONS'14 cruise, it is anticipated that a Surface Piercing Profiler system, a Benthic Experiemtal Platform, and associated instruments will be installed.

The Slope Base Site is located at PN1A at a depth of ~2900 m. It will host a state-of-the-art instrumented Shallow Profiling Mooring, a Deep Profiling Mooring, and an array  of seafloor instruments.

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