Image Archive

An eelpout resting on the sediment at Hydrate Ridge, near Einstein's Grotto. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive R1750, V14

A CAT flow meter near Einstein's Grotto. It is home to a rockfish and sea star. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive R1750, V14

A spiny pink crab (missing a rear leg) seen at Hydrate Ridge, near Einstein's Grotto. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive R1750, V14

A pair of hermit crabs (possibly mating?) at Hydrate Ridge, near Einstein's Grotto. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive R1750, V14

A caisson lid at Southern Hydrate Ridge decorated with an octopus and a Basho haiku during a previous VISIONS cruise. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI//CSSF, ROPOS Dive R1750, V14.

Replacing the caisson cover at Southern Hydrate Ridge, after inspecting the eventual deployment location of a seismometer at that site. The caisson (the hole in the sediment at center) was excavated using a suction tube attached to the ROV during a previous expedition. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI//CSSF, ROPOS ROPOS Dive R1750, V14.

A beautiful soft coral attached to hard substrate at Southern Hydrate Ridge, near Einstein's Grotto. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive R1750, V14

A hagfish curled up on the seafloor at Southern Hydrate Ridge, water depth ~ 780 m. Credit: RCA, University of Washington. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive R1750, V14

A small flatfish at Einstein's Grotto on Southern Hydrate Ridge, encountered during a survey dive. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF, ROPOS Dive R1750, V14.

Bubble plumes above Southern Hydrate Ridge Summit as imaged by the R/V Thompson's multibeam sonar. These sonar surveys were used to plan CTD casts to sample for methane in the water column. Credit: Bob Collier, OSU

Thick bacteria mats rimmed by colonies of yellow worms at Southern Hydrate Ridge. Photo credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF; ROPOS Dive R1750; V14

The opening to the methane vent called Einstein's Grotto has grown significantly larger since 2013. Photo credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF; Dive R1750; V14.  

Clams at Southern Hydrate Ridge host symbiotic microbes. This colony is perched at the ledge above Einstein's Grotto, which in 2013 was actively venting. Ccredit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF; ROPOS Dive R1750; V14.

Crab sitting near carbonate cobble at the summit of Southern Hydrate Ridge. Photo credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF; Dive R1750; V14.  

A rockfish (possibly a Pacific Ocean perch) rests near Einstein's Grotto at Southern Hydrate Ridge. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF; ROPOS Dive R1750; V14.

Burrowing anemone imaged during ROPOS dive R1750. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF; ROPOS Dive R1750; V14.

mage of soft coral taken by the ROV ROPOS on dive R1750 at the Summit of Southern Hydrate Ride. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF; Dive R1750; V14.

A modifed McLane profiler is clamped to the Deep Profiler Vertical Mooring, installed during the VISIONS'14 expedtition. Photo Credit: Ed McNichol, © 2014 Mumbian Enterprises, Inc., University of Washington. V14.

Kendra Daly, a Project Scientist on RSN and a Co-Chief Scientist on the VISIONS'14 Expedition processes water samples that were taken adjacent to a Deep Profiler. Photo Credit. E. McNichol, © 2014 Mumbian Enterprises, Inc; V14.

A Boreopacific armhook squid (Gonatopsis borealis) at 384 meters near the Deep Profiler mooring at Oregon Offshore (600 meters deep). Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF, ROPOS Dive R748, V14.

The hydrophone tripod connected to the BEP at the Endurance Oregon Offshore site. The hydrophone is an underwater microphone listening for marine mammal vocalizations, anthropogenic noise, and other acoustic signals. It is offset from the BEP site by ~10 meters to reduce background noise. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1747, V14

A catshark (Apristurus) encountered during a cable survey at the Oregon Offshore site (585 meters depth). Photo Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF, ROPOS Dive 1747, V14.

The digital still camera deployed the Oregon Offshore site (600 m). Photo Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF, ROPOS Dive 1747, V14.

The digital still camera in the ROPOS toolbasket during deployment at the Oregon Offshore site (600 m); the camera at is designed to look at the seafloor in general, observing animal activity, sediment transport, detritus falls, and bioturbation. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF, Dive 1747, V14.

The Benthic Experiment Package on the seafloor at Endurance Oregon Offshore, connected to the low-voltage node LV01C by the cable extending under the protective doors. The oxygen sensor is visible on the left side, and the 3D velocimeter and ADCP can be seen on the top left and right (respectively). Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1747, V14

Primary Node PN1C provides power and bandwidth to the Oregon Offshore site (600 m). Because it is in shallow waters, it hosts a 'trawl resistant' frame - here with the protective doors closed. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF, ROPOS Dive 1747, V14.

Removing the hydrophone tripod from the Benthic Experiment Package (BEP) during deployment at Oregon Offshore site (600 meters depth). The hydrophone was moved ~8 meters away to avoid picking up noise from the other sensors in the BEP. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF, ROPOS Dive 1745, V14.