This page contains photos and videos taken during the expedition, "Investigating the Charleston Bump" that took place August 2 – 13, 2003. Click on any image to view a larger version and for additional information. 
If a picture of a movie camera camera icon is present, a QuickTime video can be viewed by clicking on the image. Other video formats are available on the linked pages.
(HR) = "High Resolution" images available.
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Video Animations
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Summary
Wreckfish and red bream share space under a slab of manganese- phosphorite.
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August 12
Manipulator arm retrieving carrion bucket. (QuickTime, 856 Kb)
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August 12
A 3-D flythrough was created from bathymetric data collected from the Charleston Bump. (QuickTime, 716 Kb)
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August 11
Slideshow of benthic invertebrates from the Charleston Bump. (QuickTime, 636 Kb)
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August 7
Video of a lionfish eluding capture. (QuickTime, 1.1 Mb)
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August 2
Bathynectes longspina crabs are frequently seen on the coral mounds. (QuickTime, 788 Kb)
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Images
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Summary
A grenadier or "rattail" hovers near the bottom.
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Summary
A gaper rests on its pectoral and pelvic fins at a depth of 1,860 ft.
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Summary
A "chimney" sponge and a fan-like sponge with associated sediment pile.
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Summary
A "slit-shell" snail was collected by the JSL II at a depth of 1,870 ft.
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August 16
Rich Styles peers out of a porthole in the aft chamber of the JSL II submersible. (HR)
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August 16
Dave Wyansk prepares for a dive to almost 1,800 ft in the JSL II sphere.
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August 15
A "chimney" sponge may reveal new symbioses not previously witnessed. (HR)
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August 15
A parasitic crustacean. (HR)
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August 15
A pencil urchin with tubeworms attached to its spines. (HR)
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August 15
A tiny shrimp appears to mimic the translucent color of the glass sponge it inhabits.
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August 14
A colorful crinoid is just one of the interesting creatures collected.
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August 14
Eating Judy’s amazing cooking.
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August 14
While working on deck, the science party and crew are required to wear hard hats and life vests. (HR)
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August 14
Deep below the photic zone in the JSL II submersible.
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August 14
Steve Stancyk prepares the clod cards for deployment. (HR)
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August 13
3-D visualization map of the Charleston Bump.
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August 13
Various rocks collected during the Charleston Bump expedition.
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August 13
Large, table-sized slabs of rock.
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August 13
Red bream (Alphonsin) and wreckfish nestled under a rock ledge.
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August 13
Vertical cliffs with alternating layers of carbonate rock.
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August 13
Manganese- phosphorite rock collected by the submersible at 1,827 ft depth.
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August 12
Carrion trap baited with rotting oyster. (HR)
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August 12
Manipulator arm retrieving carrion bucket.
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August 12
A mass of amphipods collected with the carrion trap. (HR)
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August 12
A close-up view of a tiny shrimp (amphipod).
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August 12
Ocean topography off the southeast portion of the United States.
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August 12
Data from the NOAA Ship Whiting.
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August 12
A topographic representation of the sea floor around the Charleston Bump.
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August 12
Whiting bathymetry data helps determine target sites for upcoming dives. (HR)
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August 12
Sea surface temperature readings.
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August 11
Soft coral provides a number of hiding places for benthic invertebrates.
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August 11
Cumaceans, also called lollipop shrimp.
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August 11
Isopods of the order of Crustacea.
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August 11
Jerry McLelland at the microscope.
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August 10
Teacher-at-sea Connie Leverett after a 200-ft dive in the JSL II.
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August 10
"Kids at sea" (aka the scientists) view the latest sample from 1,400 ft. (HR)
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August 10
Scientists discovered this syllid attached to a rock. (HR)
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August 9
Just before midnight, Fred Andrus helps lower the 2,400- lb CTD over the ship’s starboard side. (HR)
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August 9
Temperature and salinity distributions from the edge of the continental shelf out to about the center of the Gulf Stream.
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August 9
The current along a similar cross-stream transect as the temperature and salinity data.
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August 8
The sea bottom beneath the Gulf Stream is highly varied.
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August 8
Sponges such as bryozoans and tunicates are absent from the exposed surface, yet dominate on the sheltered side. (HR)
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August 8
Passive filter feeders, such as this basket star, must find areas where strong currents sweep food through their arms.
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August 8
This little gooseneck barnacle only eats crab carapaces.
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August 7
Scientists diving in the JSL II stumbled upon a red lionfish (Pterolis volitans).
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August 7
Scientists captured this unsuspecting goby, just 1.5 cm long. (HR)
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August 7
This species of brittlestar (Astroporpa annulata) is related to basket stars and lives clinging to soft corals.
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August 6
This specimen is the largest colonial coral collected to date.
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August 6
A close-up of some of the individual polyps that comprise a colonial coral.
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August 6
Abundant coral growth can be found in some areas with exposed hard bottom.
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August 6
Tree-shaped coral are one of the most common types of coral seen on the exposed rock.
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August 5
Scientists used multibeam bathymetric data to create a 3-D view of a portion of the Charleston Bump.
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August 5
The Charleston Bump complex causes the Gulf Stream to speed up and be deflected offshore.
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August 5
Biologist Dave Wyanski prepares to enter the JSL II sphere. (HR)
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August 5
Sub crew member Jim Sullivan dives from the R/V Seward Johnson to the JSL II. (HR)
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August 4
Chief Scientist Charlie Barans contemplates what to do next.
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August 4
Jerry McLelland reaches into the pipe dredge.
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August 4
The ship maintains a plethora of medication for ills that befall scientists and crew at sea.
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August 4
Project Oceanica Director Leslie Sautter pulls together expedition-related educational products.
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August 3
The Charleston Bump provides a valuable nursery habitat, and possibly spawning grounds, for swordfish.
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August 3
The Johnson-Sea Link II submersible prepares to descend into the sea over the Charleston Bump.
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August 3
The greeneye fish is one of many creatures observed during the first dive day.
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August 2
The golden crab (Chaceon fenneri) with a black-bellied rose fish. (HR)
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August 2
The deep-water galatheid Eumunida picta Longispina are commonly seen on the Lophelia mounds. (HR)
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August 2
Nezumia forage along the edge of a basalt outcrop. (HR)
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