Deb, Skip, Dana and Al in the Main Lab.

Frame grab of Jason sonar image showing Ocean Drilling Program Holes at Southern Hydrate Ridge. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI.

Jason hosts a variety of cameras for optimal imaging during operations.

Jonathan Howland, Jason

Scott McCue, Jason

Casey Machado, Jason

James Varnum, Jason

Dara Scott, Jason

Dana Yoerger, Sentry Expedition Leader

Al Duester, Sentry

Andy Billings, Sentry

Carl Kaiser, Jason

Tito Collasius, Jason Expedition Leader

The underlay map is from Sentry in 2008 and the blue tracklines show the planned survey route for Jason during dive J2-508.

This image was taken during the UW INSITE'08 cruise as part of the Ocean Observatories Initiative. The image was taken with D. Fornar's Tow-Cam system. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI.WHOI.

Angular blocks of talus along a small scarp in the Grays Canyon.

Anenome at Grays Canyon in rubbly area.

Flatfish on bottom during Jason dive 507 at the potential site for the 500 m moorings.

Base of the 60 m tall carbonate pinnacle at Southern Hydrate Ridge where Jason will be working during dive J2-508. Image taken by the Tow-Cam operated by D. Fornari, Woods Hole as part of the UW Insite'08 cruise. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI.

Schematic diagram of the mooring for the proposed 500 m Endurance Array site off the coast of Grays Harbor, WA. More information on the mooring can be found here. 

Rock fish imaged with Jason at the end of the site survey for an offshore Grays Harbor mooring as part of the Coastal Scale component of the Ocean Observatories Initiative. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI, WHOI, V10.

This winch holds >6000 m of fiber optics cable for use on Jason, providing real-time transmission of data and imagery to the ship. On this cruise, the imagery is then streamed directly to land and onto the Internet.

Bob Collier (right) leads the first science dive using Jason at Grays Canyon with Jason pilot Scott Hansen (left).

Annie and David on watch in the Jason Control Van.

Jason gets checked over in preparation for the first Science dive at the Grays Canyon 500 m mooring site.

Photomosaic of the Jason control van.  

Bob and Craig extract sediment from push cores collected from Jason dive 507.