Cheeser up to his antics on the Atlantis. Credit: K. Gonzalez, University of Washington; V19

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Beautiful blue ciliates, and white and yellow bacterial mats in the Tiny Towers vent site are imaged live by the ROV Jason. Credit: D. Kelley, University of Washington; V19.

A strong July 4th spirit onboard the R/V Atlantis. Credit: D. Kelley, University of Washington.

Janet Hershey, Tyee Middle School teachers, gets to experience the pilots view inside the deep diving submersible Alvin onboard the R/V Atlantis during the VISIONS'19 program.

Tyee Middle School teacher, Janel Hershey, gets a tour inside Alvin during the VISIONS19 program.

Author Susan Casey, climbs into the sphere of the deep diving submersible Alvin onboard the R/V Atlantis. Credit: J. Hershey.

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The underwater robotic remotely operated vehicle caught 'dabbing' by the Cabled Array camera on top of Axial Seamount, nearly a mile beneath the oceans' surface. Credit: University of Washington, V19.

In the pilot seat on DSV ALVIN. Credit: J. Nelson, University of Washington:V19

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The cabled digital still camera lights up the Tiny Towers vent site, covered in blue ciliates, worms and bacterial mats. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; V19.

An ~ 4+ft-long rat tail hangs out at the summit of Axial Seamount in the International District Hydrothermal Field. Credit:UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI;V19.

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A nearly 5 ft-long rattail eyes the ROV Jason at >5000 ft down at the summit of Axial Seamount. This solitary fish, or its friend, comes to see us each year. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; V19.

A nearly 5 ft-long rattail rests just above a lava flow on the summit of Axial Seamount, nearly a mile beneath the oceans' surface. White bacterial mats fill small cracks in the seafloor. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI;V19.

A newly formed very active venting 'John Casey'site hosts beautiful healthy tubeworms with bright red plumes. A small black beehive chimney releases hot fluids into the near freezing seawater. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; V19.

Red-headed tubeworms thrive in the warm waters seeping out of the El Guapo chimney at the newly formed John Casey site. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; V19.

A fragile sulfide (beehive) structure sprouts in the John Casey area on the massive ~ 55ft tall El Guapo Edifice. Sulfide worms colonize the side of the actively venting chimlet. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/NSF: V19.

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Extinct chimney deposits from stalagmite-like structures on the summit of Axial Seamount in the International District Hydrothermal Field; Credit: UW/NSF/WHOI; V19.

A nearly 1 m-tall, 1 day-old chimney springs from a venting orifice where a temperature-chlorinity probe is inserted sending real-time data to shore. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI;V19.

The Diva vent site is hosted atop a narrow volcanic ridge in the International District Hydrothermal Field. A cabled sensor sends real-time data back to shore measuring pH-H2S- and temperature. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; V19.