Image Archive – Page 45 – OOI Regional Cabled Array

Image Archive

V23 Leg 3 VISIONS students and UW employees Andrew Paley, Mariela White, and Mitch Elend preparing to subsample the hydrothermal fluids collected by the RAS/PPS instrument during the 2022 deployment period. Credit: M. Vardaro, University of Washington.

Mystery! We encountered these green orbs on a few 2023 dives, mostly at 200 - 500 m depths, off the OR coast and at Axial Seamount. At first we thought they might be clogged larvacean houses, but they're all perfectly circular. Credit: A. Simmen, University of Washington.

A swordfish buzzed the ROV during deployment of dive J2-1545 at International District in Axial Caldera. Photo Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI, Dive J2-1545, V23.

A view of the Thompson from the dock. Credit: A. Jenkins, University of Washington; V23.

Figure 1

The Yaquina Bay bridge as seen during departure. Credit: A. Roberts, University of Washington, V23.

A Pacific sea nettle jellyfish swimming underneath the NOAA dock during the Thompson’s departure. Credit: A. Roberts, University of Washington, V23

Chlorophyll filtering setup – pipette for acetone on the left, and vacuum pump for samples on the right. Credit: A. Simmen, University of Washington; V23.

Mei and I putting our gloves on before starting to take samples from the niskin bottles on the CTD. Credit: A. Jenkins, University of Washington; V23.

Waves crashing above the starboard side of the R/V Thompson onto the deck in the morning. Credit: A. Simmen, University of Washington; V23.

From right to left – Patrik, Chris, Mei, Brian, and I out on deck by the CTD at night during the rough transit to Axial Seamount. Credit: A. Simmen, University of Washington; V23.

Leg 3 crew outside on the 03 deck of the Thompson at the beginning of the departure out to Axial Seamount. Credit: M. Elend, University of Washington; V23.

Topography interactive activity at OSU Hatfield Marine Science Center. Credit: A. Simmen, University of Washington; V23.

A wave breaking against the breakwater, taken while leaving port. Credit: Emily Pinneo, University of Washington, V23.

Sea lion resting on a marker buoy. Credit: Emily Pinneo, University of Washington, V23.

A pelican in flight off Newport. Credit: Emily Pinneo, University of Washington, V23.

Squat lobster, hagfish and soft corals at home on the Pinnacle. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; J2-1543; V23.

Soft corals of the genus Anthomastus cover the carbonate outcrops, west of the active seep site at Southern Hydrate Ridge. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; J2-1543; V23.

The rock I picked up while in control of Jason and its starboard manipulator arm. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; J2-1542; V23.

Adult Neptunea snails sit atop their egg-stalk structures, taken in 2014. Credit UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF; ROPOS dive 1758; V14

Neptunea egg stalks, tiny shrimp and a crab make use of the carbonate clasts. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; J2-1542; V23.

Unattended Neptunea egg stalks on carbonate cobbles cover the seafloor just south of an active seepage site. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; J2-1542; V23.

A hagfish and a rockfish close together in a sedimented area of the Pinnacle. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; J2-1543; V23.

A bubblegum coral stands proud atop the carbonate pinnacle. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; J2-1543.

Beds of deep-sea clams burrow into matts of chemosynthetic bacteria at the active seep site at Southern Hydrate Ridge. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; J2-1542.