Image Archive

It was a relatively short mobilization period for this final Leg, but nevertheless its always fun to watch the massive basket be lifted onto the ship before we get ready to head off again into the open sea. Credit: M. Elend, University of Washington, V21.

Water color of the Tiny Towers site. Credit: C. Gill, University of Washington, V21.

Pillow lava painting: Credit: C. Gill, University of Washington, V21.

A cabled broadband seismometer and hydrophone enclosed by large pillow basalts at Eastern Caldera. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; V21.

View of tube worms at International District Hydrothermal Field. Credit: R. Manoharan, University of Washington, V21.

View of octopus at the International District Hydrothermal Field. Credit: R. Manoharan, University of Washington, V21.

View of the computers on the bridge that control the ship. Credit: R. Manoharan, University of Washington, V21.

View of pillow basalts on ocean floor as viewed from the Jason control van. Credit: R. Manoharan, University of Washington, V21

View of the ocean during sunset right before my night shift. Credit: R. Manoharan, University of Washington, V21.

Jason exiting the water after a dive. Credit: M. Elend, University of Washington, V21.

The seafloor covered in lava with bacteria-filled cracks at the ASHES hydrothermal field as viewed from the Jason control van. Credit: D/. Kaufman, University of Washington. V21.

The CTD rosette being deployed off the R/ V Thompson. Credit: D. Kaufman, University of Washington, V21.

Delilah performing titrations in the biolab while Divi and Julie Nelson watch. Credit: A. Paley, University of Washington, V21.

At safety training, Jazmine races to put on her immersion suit. Credit: M. Elend, University of Washington, V21.

The crew pulling the CTD Rosette back onto R/V Thompson deck. Credit: K. Bigham, University of Washington, V21.

My small paining kit in the darkness of the Jason contol van. Credit: C. Gill, University of Washington, V21.

A nursery of yellow Neptunea stalks hosting egg casings and abundant orange anemones near Pythias Oasis. Credit: D. Kelley, UW/NSF/WHOI, V21.

The R/ V Thompson transiting at the start of Leg 4. Credit: C. Gill, University of Washington, V21.

Beautiful watercolor of the Yaquina Bay estuary. Credit: C. Gill, University of Washington. V21

A lava flow seen through the eyes of C. Gill. Credit: C. Gill, University of Washington, V21.

Look at all these buttons! It’s like some kind of crazy arcade game. And this was only one panel! D. Paterson, University of Washington, V21

Last but not least for today: the engine room! The Thompson has 4 engines in it, and they’re all expectedly quite loud. The tour was awesome! D. Paterson, University of Washington, V21

Next up: titration! The samples we practiced on were distilled water, to get a feel for how the process works, and to calibrate the machine to get ready for the water samples. When starch is added to the iodine, it turns blue – the oxygen concentrations are noted and when that blue then turns clear after the addition of another chemical. It’s easier to see when blue turns clear, as opposed to a pale yellow. D. Paterson, University of Washington, V21

One of the various bottles used for the collection of water, that will later be processed and analyzed for a particular component of interest. It looks suspiciously like a beer bottle, doesn’t it? … do not drink! D. Paterson, University of Washington, V21

The device that collected the CTDs. Each cannister is filled with waters from varying depths that can be used for follow-on analyses. D. Paterson, University of Washington, V21

Sailing into the unknown! -- well, not really, but you get a certain feeling when you realize the horizon all around you looks exactly the same – not a speck of land in sight. D. Paterson, University of Washington, V21.

It kind-of looks like cord spaghetti. Cords with 3000v of electricity being fed into them. 0/10 would not recommend eating. D. Paterson, University of Washington, V21.