Image Archive

Large swells and gray skies at Axial Seamount meet the R/V Thompson. Credit: University of Washington. V20.

Beautiful blue protists and tube worms with red plumes colonize the small venting site "El Gordo" in the International District Hydrothermal Field. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI V20.

A spider crab walks across a basalt flow in the International District Hydrothermal Field on Axial. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI V20

The Castle hydrothermal vent, on the west side of the International District Hydrothermal Field, hosts a small anhydrite-rich chimney. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI. V20.

The high definition camera once again lights up the Mushroom hydrothermal edifice. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI. V20.

An instrumented Deep Profiler vehicle is mounted onto the front of the ROV Jason aboard the R/V Thompson to be deployed on the Deep Profiler mooring at Axial Base. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI V20.

Jason breaks the surface above the International District vent field (1500 m beneath the surface) having recovered a digital still camera in an elevator beneath the vehicle (not shown). Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI. V20.

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The winched profiler awaits final installation at the Oregon Offshore site. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI. V20

The Shallow Science Pod on the Shallow Profiler Mooring at the Oregon Offshore site as deployed in 2020. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI V20. Dive J2-1252.

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The manipulator on the ROV Jason gets the Shallow Profiler Science pod in place on the mooring at the Oregon Offshore site. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; V20.

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The summit of the Mushroom in the ASHES hydrothermal field hosts two small sulfide "chimlets" that form 'horns atop the structure. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI V20.

The high definition camera is redeployed on the west side of the ~ 3.5 m tall actively venting chimney Mushroom in the ASHES vent field. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI V20.

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The base of the animal-covered, actively venting Mushroom vent in the ASHES hydrothermal field. Tubeworms, blue ciliates, palm and sulfide worms and limpets cover the structure. The high definition camera is in the background. Credit. UW/OOI-NSF/WHOI V20.

Beautiful purple-blue ciliates, white filamentous bacteria and tube worms with red hemoglobin-filled plumes, and limpets colonize the outside of the Mushroom edifice at ASHES. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI V20.

Beautiful palm worms atop the Mushroom edifice wave in the warm, nutrient-rich fluids. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI V20.

A tripod hosting an array of thermistors deployed in a diffuse flow site in the ASHES vent field in support of the NSF-funded project to Dr. K. Bemis, Rutgers University. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI V20.

The top of Inferno hosts numerous actively venting spires that change yearly. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI: V20

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