Image Archive

A large school of fish near the surface at the Slope Base site. They may be Pacific Sand Lance. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF; Dive R1733; V14

A huge rattail fish followed the ROV ROPOS around the International District hydrothermal field for several hours. Near the end of the dive it investigated the tool basket, with thoughts that it might get in. Photo credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF; ROPOS Dive 1729; V14.  

A rattail fish (Coryphaenoides acrolepis) is a common site at the summit of Axial Seamount. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF; Dive R1720; V14.

A Pacific Flatnose swims above a sheet flow (lava) on the summit of Axial Seamount. UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF; ROPOS Dive R1712; V14.

An assemblage of animals (a rattail fish, spider crabs and holothurians) forage at 5000 ft beneath the ocean's surface at the summit of Axial Seamount. Here, hackly lavas make for rough going for animals. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF; ROPOS Dive R1712; V14.