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

A rattail fish with a large parasitic copepod attached swims past a pink sea cucumber at Slope Base (2900 m). Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI, Dive J2-1159, V19

Scale worms crawling around some limpets on the side of a chimney at ASHES vent field in Axial Caldera. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI, Dive J2-1197, V19

Ridgeia tube worms (left) and palm worms (right) on the side of a chimney at ASHES vent field in Axial Caldera. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI, Dive J2-1197, V19

Ridgeia tube worms (left) and palm worms (right) on the side of a chimney at ASHES vent field in Axial Caldera. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI, Dive J2-1197, V19

The bright red gill plumes of Ridgeia tube worms growing around a hydrothermal vent at ASHES in Axial Caldera. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI, Dive J2-1197, V19

Red Ridgeia tube worm gills and white bacterial mats growing around a hydrothermal vent at ASHES in Axial Caldera. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI, Dive J2-1197, V19

Ridgeia tube worm gill plumes contrast with the white bacterial mats growing around a hydrothermal vent at ASHES in Axial Caldera. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI, Dive J2-1197, V19

Close-up of Ridgeia worm tubes and gill plumes at a hydrothermal vent at ASHES in Axial Caldera. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI, Dive J2-1197, V19