Deep East Mission Webcast

Sept. 28, 2001
1:00 - 2:25 PM Eastern Time

These images have been selected to provide you with a visual reference to use during the live Webcast. You can click on most images for larger views. In some cases, links to related content are offered.

#	Image	Caption
1		R/V Atlantis, WHOI’s 273-foot support ship for Alvin. Click image for larger view.
2		Chat host Andy Shepard next to Alvin. Click image for larger view.
3		Color chart of Deep East expedition. Click image for larger view.
4		Alvin Pilot, Phil Forte, at the navigation station. Click image for larger view.
5		Scott France, from the College of Charleston, was a coral biologist on Leg 1. Click image for larger view.
6		Deep sea corals in Oceanographer Canyon, picture taken out Alvin viewport. Click image for larger view.
7		Holly Donovan
8		Tilefish. Click image for larger view.
9		Carolyn Ruppel, from Georgia Tech, geophysicist on Leg 3.
10	no drill ship image	Ocean Drilling Program drill ship like the ship that cored Blake Ridge in 1995.
11		Cindy Van Dover, from the College of William and Mary, Chief Scientist on Leg 3.
12		Chemosynthetic mussels have symbiotic bacteria in their gills that feed on methane. Click image for larger view.
13		Joan Bernhard, from the Univ. of South Carolina, microbiologist on Leg 3.
14		Forams are most abundant single-celled eukaryotes (above bacteria). Click image for larger view.
15		Paul Aharon, from the University of Alabama, geologist on Leg 3. Click image for larger view.
16		Block of hydrate infested with worms from the Gulf of Mexico -- we were surprised to find exposed blocks of hydrate on the Blake Ridge, too... Click image for larger view.
17		Chat host Andy Shepard next to Alvin. Click image for larger view.

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