Image Archive – Page 3 – OOI Regional Cabled Array

Image Archive

Figure 1. Collapsed lava flow during J2-1788

V26 students doing yoga on the bow of the Revelle. Credit: J. Campbell, University of Washington; V26.

Chalcopyrite Avery Wolf collected by scraping it off one of the instruments. Credit: A. Wolf, University of Washington; V26.

RAS/PPS back on deck, ready for sampling. Credit: M. Talbot, University of Washington. V26.

RAS/PPS vent cap deployed in 2025 at International District 1 covered in filamentous bacteria. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; V26.

Castle illuminated in the dark, white bacterial mats appearing to float detached from the seabed. A. Chang, University of Washington. V26.

A huge colony of very healthy clams, gastropods, and whelks along fractures and atop sheet flows near the Skadi site. UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; V26, J2-1784.

Octopus puffing up at Jason saying "don't come near me" at International District. UW/NSF-WHOI; V26; J2-1787.

The remote access sampler vent cap at Tiny Towers with the connecting hose for fluids pumped into the fluid and DNA chambers. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; J2-1786; V26.

The octopus approaching Jason at the Diva vent d. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; J2-1786, V26

Yellow bacterial mats and blue protists cover small basaltic column in the 2011 flow. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; J2-1788; V26.

Figure 2. Blue fluffy vent J2-1788

Figure 1. Collapsed lava flow during J2-1788

A spectacular established beehive vents at the top of the Inferno chimney, accompanied by a jetting plume of black smoke. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI;J2-1784; V26.

A lush oasis of tubeworms. palm worms, scale worms and limpets cover the Mushroom hydrothermal edifice. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; J2-1784, V26.

The tubeworm covered side of the Mushroom hydrothermal chimney in eerie backlit light during testing of the cabled high definition camera. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI: J2-1784, V26.

The ROV Jason sends its love from a mile beneath the oceans surface, watched live by the HD camera from shore. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; J2-1784, V26.

Thousands of clams, gastropods and whelks colonize the seafloor around the Skadi site. They appeared several years after the 2011 eruption. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; J2-1788; V26.

Beautiful arches, "bathtub rings," columns and talus mark a collapsed lava lake from the 2011 lava flow in Axial caldera. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; J2-1788, V26.

A quick snapshot of the rock samples collected from the International District site. Credit: A. Wolf, University of Washington; V26.

The peak of El Guapo, around 18 meters above the seafloor. Credit: A. Wolf, University of Washington; V26.

The Remote Access Sampler (RAS) inside of the junction box recovered from the seafloor. Credit: A. Wolf, University of Washington; V26.

Jason gathers up the 50 m FETCH cable on its arm. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; J2-1789; V26.

The 2026 CTD stand next to the 2025 CTD stand at International District. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; J2-1788; V26

One of the many spider crabs we saw today! Credit: A. Eagan, University of Washington; V26.

Clams, Whelks, and Snails. Credit: A. Eagan, University of Washington; V26.

Photo from inside the Jason van of Castle, illuminated from an angle that makes it look as if it was floating. Credit: A. Eagan, University of Washington; V26.