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An ~ 7 m-tall, diffusely venting chimney in the International District Hydrothermal Vent Field supports dense biological communities of tubeworms, limpets and scale worms.

A rare treat of a perfectly clear day on August 14th during our surveys of Axial Seamount. Photo by Carlos Sanchez

Co-chief scientist, John Delaney, works with Jason pilot Scott Hansen to survey a sulfide structure during Jason dive J2-515. Photo by Carlos Sanchez

View of monitors in the ROV Jason control van during dive J2-515. Photo by Carlos Sanchez 

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Brett Dennis-Duke collects water samples from a CTD cast that will be used for microbiology analyses. Photo by Carlos Sanchez.

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A portion of the Beaufort Scale used to describe wind speed in the open ocean based on obervations.

While the weather is too rough to have the ROV Jason in the water, we continue to utilize ship time to conduct CTDs. Photo by Katherine Turner

Skip Denny keeps a close eye on the forecast. Photo by Katherine Turner

Shipboard Scientific Support Group member, Casy Canfield, helps with the CTD.

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Bob helps bring in the CTD after collecting water for shore-based genetic analyses of the mircroorganisms that thrive within the shallow ocean waters near Axial Seamount.

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Likhi taking fluid samples for flow cytometry analyses.  

Skip Denny gives the students on board a talk on how we read and predict weather forecasts while at sea. Photo by Carlos Sanchez and Katherine Turner. 

Casey Canfield and Marshall Swartz prepare the CTD rosette. Photo by Carlos Sanchez and Katherine Turner. 

Co-chief Scientist, John Delaney, discusses with the science party the best way to utilize our ship time while the ROV Jason is not in the water due to a little bit of rough weather over the next couple of days. Photo by Carlos Sanchez and Katherine Turner. 

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Expedition leader, Tito Collasius, pilots Jason during dive J2-514. Photo by Carlos Sanchez.

A sample of a collapsed lobate flow was collected during Jason dive J2-514. Photo by Carlos Sanchez. 

Tubeworm bushes mark a site of diffuse flow at Axial Seamount.

A Graneledone octopus lounges on a basalt flow at a water depth of ~1520 m within the caldera of Axial Seamount. This image was taken in 2008 during the INSIGHT08 Expedition using the Tow-Cam system operated by D. Fornari. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI. V10.

Basalt sample from Axial Seamount collected with Jason 2.

In 2005, during the VISIONS]05 Expedition we used this elevator to transport microbial incubators to the seafloor designed to examine the upper temperature limits to life.

Black smoker in the ASHES Hydrothermal Field imaged during a detailed RESON bathymetric and video survey of the area as a potential node site for the OOI Regional Cabled Observatory.The porous walls of the chimney leak hydrothermal fluids which support dense colonies of tubeworms and limpets.