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An end shot of the Platform Interface Assembly installed in 2022 and platform home to large feather stars and a few small fish. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; V23.

A large sponge hides a squat lobster on the Shallow Profiler platform at Oregon Offshore. It also is home to feather stars, anemones, and nudibranchs (far right. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; J2-1515, V23.

The Shallow Profiler mooring platform at the Oregon Offshore site is now an island for animals to colonize since 2017. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; J2-1514, V23.

A good image of the Platform Interface Assembly with the two stands up holding the pH and CTD-O2 instrument (left) and CO2 sensor (right). Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; J2-1514, V23.

A view of the Jason ROV control van. Credit: J. Sandke, Queens College, V23.

Feather Stars Cover the Shallow Profiler Platform at Oregon Offshore. Credit: J. Sandke, Queens College, V23.

Jason being recovered from a dive during Leg 1. Credit: J. Sandke, Queens College, V23.

A large feather star is home to a cluster of pink nudibranch eggs on the Oregon Offshore Shallow Profiler platform (200 m water depth). Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; J2-1516; V23.

A colony of anemones grow on the Shallow Profiler mooring (200 m water depth) at the Oregon Offshore site bounded by a feather star. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; J2-1516, V23.

A beautiful colony of light orange anemones grows on the shallow profiler Science Pod base, along with a pink sea urchin, and feather stars, branching hydroids to the far right hosting nudibranch eggs. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/ WHOI; J2-1516; V23.

Life thrives on the Shallow Profiler Platform including feather stars (crinoids), brittle stars, and translucent scallops. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; J2-1514; V23.

The zooplankton platform, installed in 2021 at the Shelf site, is home to numerous anemones. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI, J2-1512, V23.

A large lingcod lounges on the sedimented seafloor at the Oregon Shelf site. Credit: UW/NSF-OO/WHOI; J2-1512; V23.

A large lingcod greeted the ROV at the Oregon Shelf site. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; J2-1512; V23.

Jason ascended through thousands of Jellyfish at the Oregon Shelf site. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; J2-1512; V23

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Queens College students, Julia and Cal, don immersion suits during the Safety meeting onboard the Thompson. Credit: M. Elend, University of Washington, V23.

Large waves break near the shore and along the jetty out of Newport. Credit: M. Elend, University of Washington, V23.

VISIONS' students and guests as the R/V Thompson went through the channel into the Pacific. Credit: M. Elend, University of Washington, V23.

Feathery crinoids, brittle stars, a beautiful nudibranch

The aft deck of the R/V Thompson is loaded with gear, ready to be installed during Leg 1. Credit: M. Elend, University of Washington.

The Shallow Profiler Platform looks hairy, covered in feathery seastars. Credit: UW, NSF-OOI/WHOI; J21514, V23.

A squat lobster (galatheid crab) living on the Axial Base Shallow Profiler mooring. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI, Dive J2-1150, V19

A rattail fish swimming past some cables near the seafloor at Axial Base (2700 m). Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI, Dive J2-1157, V19