Image Archive

A Brisingid sea star (possibly Novodinia pacifica?) encountered during a cable lay survey at the Oregon Offshore site, 600 m water depth. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF, ROPOS Dive 1743, V14.

A sunstar (Solaster) encountered during a cable lay survey at the Oregon Offshore site, 600 meters water depth. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF, ROPOS Dive 1743, V14.

A large Grooved Tanner crab and a sole (flatfish) seen during a cable lay survey at the Oregon Offshore site, 600 meters water depth. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF, ROPOS Dive 1743, V14.

Closeup of a Blacktail Snailfish (Careproctus melanurus) encountered during a cable lay survey at the Oregon Offshore site, 600 m water depth. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF, ROPOS Dive R1743, V14.

A Deepsea sole (Embassichthys bathybius) encountered during a cable lay survey at the Oregon Offshore site, 600 m water depth. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF, ROPOS Dive 1743, V14.

A Blacktail Snailfish (Careproctus melanurus) observed during the survey prior to laying cable RS01W9 at the Endurance Offshore site. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive R1743, V14

A Deepsea sole (Embassichthys bathybius) observed during the survey prior to laying cable RS01W9 at the Endurance Offshore site. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive R1743, V14

All Axial Base seafloor infrastructure is now connected to Primary Node PN3A. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1742, V14

An octopus hanging out next to primary node PN3A at Axial Base, 2600 meters deep. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF, ROPOS Dive R1742, V14.

An octopus hanging out near primary node PN3A at Axial Base, 2600 meters deep. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF,ROPOS Dive 1742, V14.

A close up shot of a Peniagone sea cucumber and two ophiuroids (brittle stars) at Axial Base, 2600 m deep. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1742, V14

On August 8, 2014 all Secondary Infratructure at the summit of Axial Seamount was connected to Primary Node PN3B. Here, cable RS03W9 is being plugged into the SP1 port on PN3B. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1741; V14.

Cable RS03W6 successfully plugged into SP3 on primary node PN3B at Axial Caldera. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1741, V14

Primary Node PN3B at Axial Caldera, along with cable RS03W9. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1741, V14

ROPOS uses rebar "staples" to secure the hydrophone cable into the seafloor at the Axial Base site. The hydrophone is mounted on the pink tripod on the right side of the frame. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1739, V14

ROPOS using a suction tube to vacuum out the caisson for the broadband seismometer at Axial Base. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF, ROPOS Dive 1739, V14

Cable AXVMW3 and assorted invertebrates (pom pom anemone, Scotoplanes, Benthodytes, ophiuroids) during dive R1739 at Axial Base (2600 meters). Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive R1739, V14

Tripod mounted CTD and optical attenuation sensors on the seafloor at the Axial Base site (2600m deep). Junction box LJ03A is visible in the background. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1739, V14

A bizarre sponge, Chondrocladia lampadiglobus, seen at Axial Base (2600m deep). First seen in 1960 in grainy black and white pictures, it was originally thought to be a Russian listening device by the US Navy, before it was eventually identified as an organism. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1739, V14

A crinoid on a stalk at the Axial Base site, 2600m depth. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1739, V14

A large white sea star encountered during a cable laying survey at Axial Base. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1736, V14

A Venus Flytrap anemone and another deep-sea anemone sharing the same stalk next to wire RS01W6, near the Slope Base site. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF; Dive 1734; V14.

Low Voltage node LV01A on the seafloor at Slope Base, as surveyed by ROPOS. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF; Dive 1734; V14.

The port arm of ROPOS reaching for the connector in a flange box on the seafloor at the Slope Base site. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF; Dive 1734; V14.

A marker deployed on ROPOS Dive R 1725 marks the installation location for the broadband seismometer and low frequency hydrophone at the Central Caldera Site. Photo credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF; Dive R1725; V14.

Brendan Philip, a recent graduate from the School of Oceanography undergraduate program, designed and ran this EM302 bathymetric survey in the area where two RSN-OOI moorings will be installed at the base of Axial Seamount. Photo credit: Deb Kelley, University of Washington, V14.

Sulfide blocks the size of small cars at the base of the > 40 m tall sulfide edifice provide hints of active hydrothermal sites above.