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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.

Allison Fundis gives an overview of submarine lava flow dynamics and morphology. Photo by Carlos Sanchez

Diane Perry, Bretty Dennis-Duke and David Dyer listen intently to an introduction about Axial Seamount, hydrothermal vents, and submarine lava morphology. Photo by Carlos Sanchez. 

David's temperature sensing spheres light the blackness of the deep ocean.

Co-chief scientist, Deb Kelley, gives an introduction to Axial Seamount and hydrothermal vent systems. Photo by Carlos Sanchez

Ken Feldman guides students John Johansen and Diane Perry during the CTD deployment as Bob Morris looks on. Photo by Katherine Turner and Carlos Sanchez. 

Chris Pinero helps with the first CTD deployment of leg 2 of Enlighten '10. Photo by Katherine Turner and Carlos Sanchez.