Long time friends Deb and Jackie enjoy the departure on Leg 2. Credit: M.Elend, University of Washington, V25.

Image of recovered CAT. Credit: M. Gonzalez, Western Washington University; V25

A buoy off of the ship’s port side getting spotlighted on an early misty morning during a Jason dive. Credit: A. Paulik, University of Washington; V25.

A misty Newport, Oregon in typical Pacific Northwest fashion. Credit: A. Paulik, University of Washington; V25.

The other side of the Newport Bridge welcoming the ship back to port. Credit: A. Paulik, University of Washington; V25.

Arriving back into port greeted by rain and fog in Newport, OR. Credit: I. Paulsen, University of Washington; V25.

One of the first CTD casts of the Visions ‘25 cruise. Credit: M. Elend, University of Washington; V25.

My last time at the SeaLog for the final dives of Leg 1. Credit: I. Paulsen, University of Washington; V25.

My cabin. Credit: A. Shah, University of Washington; V25.

Jason emerging in darkness from my 2nd to last dive. Credit: A. Shah, University of Washington; V25.

The Atlantis’s dramatic spotlight keeping watch on a nearby buoy. Credit: A. Shah, University of Washington; V25.

Coming into Yaquina Bat at the end of Leg 1 Y. An, University of Washington; V25.

I’ve been writing all of my blogs by hand this whole time. Y. An; University of Washington; V25.

VISIONS, Nadia Martynenko on a self-appointed position as a lookout, aka VIP. Credit: J. Thirtyacre, University of Washington; V25.

Intertwined hagfish dine on fish carcass at Southern Hydrate Ridge. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI, J2-1719, V25.

Jason Van Trim

The ROV recovers a digital still camera in the undervator at the end of dive J2-1719. Credit: N. Vorobyeva, University of Washington, V25.

A small, pink anemone growing on the basalt at Axial Seamount, next to a few chemosynthetic tube worms. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI, J2-1707, V25.

Jason using the temperature probe at the inlet for an osmosampler at Axial Caldera, in front of the triangular 3D thermistor array. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI, J2-1707, V25.

The osmosampler and triangular 3D thermistor array on a diffuse flow field at Axial Caldera. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI, J2-1707, V25.Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI, J2-1707, V25.

The newly deployed HD video camera pointing at the Mushroom hydrothermal vent. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI, J2-1707, V25.

A spider crab picking its way over an old lava flow on the seafloor at Axial Seamount. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI, J2-1707, V25.

The 2024 HD video camera pointing at the Mushroom hydrothermal vent, with a temperature probe sticking out of the smaller chimney at the base. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI, J2-1707, V25.

An assortment of different polychaete worms and limpets on Mushroom hydrothermal vent. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI, J2-1707, V25.

Scale worms, palm worms, and limpets on Mushroom vent. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI, J2-1707, V25.

Tube worms, palm worms, and limpets on Mushroom vent. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI, J2-1707, V25.

A diverse assortment of vent fauna surround the active chimneys on the Mushroom hydrothermal vent. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI, J2-1707, V25.