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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.

Captain John directs the crane operator during the elevator deployment. 

This platform called an elevator is a simple way to send instruments and sampling devices to the bottom of the ocean during ROV operations. The yellow spheres contain the floats that enable the elevator to come back to the surface when an acoustic signal is sent from the ship for the platform to do so. During this deployment, a USBL beacon (one Jason's navigational tools) is being lowered for calibration before we begin our dives at Axial Seamount. Photo by Katherine Turner and Carlos Sanchez. 

Sample of a thin sheet flow from Axial Seamount collected with Jason 2.

Cody Youngbull and Casey Canfield retrieve ASU's laser housing from 2500m depth. The housing was lowered for a pressure test to test the integrity of the laser housing before sending it down on the ROV Jason. Photo by Carlos Sanchez and Katherine Turner. 

Brett Dennis-Duke and Bob Morris prepare the lab for microbiology sampling. Photo by Carlos Sanchez and Katherine Turner.

Mark and En practice getting into their Gumby suits during the safety meeting prior to transiting to Axial Volcano.

Giora fully zipped into his survival suit. In the cold waters of the NE Pacific these are critical pieces of safety equipment on the ship and it is important to practice getting into them quickly.

The Sentry van is loaded onto a truck for shipping back to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

Giora Proskurowski tries on his gumby suit during the safety meeting. 

The R/V Thompson briefly docked at Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport, OR for a personnel transfer and to offload the AUV Sentry. 

We woke up to a quiet, misty morning in Newport Oregon.

Sentry being moved for placement into its container van.