Image Archive

OOI Map with RSN inset

OOI RSN cable system map

Secondary Cable Image with ROPOS ROV

Once the cable, terminations and flange box are loaded onto the ROCLS drum (shown here with the outer end of the cable, termination, connector, etc. strapped to the drum) they are stored in the warehouse until it is time to load the cable drum onto the ship for installation.

The first step in the cable loading process is to pack the flange box used by ROPOS for seafloor deployment. The flange box protects the components and makes them easier for the ROV to handle on the seafloor. Components are the 400- to 4700-meter long secondary cable (yellow), cable termination (cylindrical titanium case near the top), oil-filled hose (orange), and the ROV wet-mateable connector (with orange handle and green ring next to coiled hose) that will plug into a receptacle on the primary or secondary node.

Custom-designed secondary cable is delivered from the manufacturer on wooden reels (left). The cable must then be transfered to the  aluminum drum (right) used in the ROV ROPOS cable laying system.

James Tilley, an Applied Physics Laboratory electrical engineer, works on a circuit board that will be installed in a secondary node. Photo by Mary Levin / UW

PN5A-Overview Image

PN3B-Overview Image

PN3A-Overview Image

PN1C and PN1D-Overview Image

PN1B-Overview Image

PN1A-Overview Image

Axial Caldera Image

Location of nodes, cables and instruments to be deployed during the VISIONS'13 expedition at, and near, the ASHES Hydrothermal Vent Field.

The cabled geophysical array at the Central Caldera Site is focused on measuring the inflation and deflation of the volcano, earthquakes, and the movement of of molten lava within the core of the volcano. Bathymetric data are from D. Clague and D. Caress, MBARI. Image Credit: University of Washington.

Axial Slope Base Image

Mid Plate image

Endurance Array and Slope Base Mooring Image

Hydrate Ridge Details image

V'13 Live Video Banner

VISIONS'13 Banner with Updates text

VISIONS13-nolivebutton banner

V13 Image No Schedule

John R. Delaney at sea on the R/V Thomas G. Thompson. Photo by Mitchell Elend, University of Washington.

John R. Delaney Studio Portrait. Photo by Mary Levin, University of Washington.

John R. Delaney broadcasting from on board the R/V Thomas G. Thompson. Photo by Mitchell Elend, University of Washington.