This page contains images and video clips () from the South Atlantic Bight Mission of the Islands in the Stream Ocean Expedition conducted between August 29 – October 1, 2001. Images between August 29 – September 5 are from the Oculina Bank leg; those between September 6 – September 10 are from the Savannah Scarp leg; images from September 13 and 14 are from the leg to the wreck site of the USS Monitor, a mission that was called off due to rough seas. Images between September 20 – September 26 are from three sites on the North Carolina Shelf leg of the mission and those from between September 27 – September 29 are from the Charleston Bump leg. Click on an image to view a larger version and for additional information about the image. Go to a daily log on the right side to learn more about activities during each day of the mission.

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September 29 Carmelina Livingston (QuickTime, 3.8 MB)		September 29 Lanternfish larva		September 29 Microscopic sea urchin		September 29 Ocean pressure test results

September 29 Crab collected from the deep ocean		September 29 Mechanical arm of Johnson Sea Link		September 28 Puffer larva		September 28 Snake mackeral larva

September 28 Crab larva		September 28 Sponge on rocky substrate		September 28 Coral fragments and mollusc shells		September 28 Sand-sized biota

September 28 Attempt to collect rock		September 28 Phosphorite pavement		September 28 Rocky substrate at Charleston Bump		September 27 Chain dogfish

September 27 Cuban dogfish		September 27 Sailfish larva		September 27 Wreckfish		September 27 The food chain at Charleston Bump

September 27 Pink frogmouth fish		September 27 Mid-Atlantic Continental Shelf		September 26 Ventral view of batfish		September 26 Dorsal view of batfish

September 26 Bottom boulders		September 26 Barracuda		September 26 Roughtongue bass		September 25 Olfactory organs on an anglerfish

September 25 An anglerfish luring its prey		September 25 Defensive posture of anglerfish (QuickTime, 2.3 MB)		September 25 Two species of anglerfish		September 25 Camouflaged anglerfish
September 25 Scientists with anglerfish		September 24 A pencil urchin and red brittlestars		September 24 A conger eel		September 24 Lophelia coral
September 23 Wolf eelpout		September 23 Hatchetfish		September 23 Bottom-dwelling Galathidae lobster		September 23 "Wall" of anemones
September 22 Western Atlantic surface currents		September 21 Octopus		September 21 Witch flounder		September 21 Sloping muddy sediments
September 21 North Carolina Shelf study areas		September 20 Lanternfish		September 20 Mid-water Sergestidae shrimp		September 14 Plan for recovering the Monitor's turret (QuickTime, 940 K)
September 14 Water spout		September 13 Recovering the Clelia		September 10 Hauling in a fish trap		September 10 Variety of sponges
September 10 Shelf edge reef community		September 10 Octopus (QuickTime, 5.6 MB)		September 10 Rock sample from Savannah Scarp		September 10 Greater amberjack and archeri sponges
September 9 Starfish from Savannah Scarp		September 9 Unknown sponge		September 9 Rock outcrop and scamp grouper		September 9 Rock as habitat
September 9 Closeup of limestone rock		September 9 Collecting sample of limestone		September 8 Sharptail eel		September 8 Blue angelfish and red snapper
September 8 Three species of fish		September 8 Amberjack and snapper		September 7 Star fish and sea whip		September 7 School of greater amberjacks
September 7 Deploying Clelia		September 7 Map of Savannah Scarp dive sites		September 6 Clelia submersible		September 6 R/V Seward Johnson II
September 5 3-D rotation of Chapmans Reef (QuickTime, 2.4 MB)		September 5 Students at sea		September 5 Dead intact Oculina coral		September 5 Oculina coral rubble
September 5 Trawl tracks		September 5 Oculina coral head		September 4 Red star fish		September 4 John Reed emerging from the Clelia sub
September 4 Oculina coral (QuickTime, 4.2 MB)		September 4 Brown-striped brittlestars		September 4 Giant red brittlestar		September 3 Oculina sample from Sebastian's Reef
September 3 Close up of Oculina varicosa		September 3 Intact Oculina coral at Jeff's Reef		September 2 Reef Balls (QuickTime, 5.6 MB)		September 2 Dome-shaped reef balls
September 2 Concrete block "reef balls"		September 2 Stages of Oculina coral decay		September 2 Oculina coral rubble at Sebastian's Reef		September 1 Deploying PAMS acoustical array (QuickTime, 3.4 MB)
September 1 Retrieving PAMS from Jeff's Reef		September 1 PAMS scientists		August 31 Blue angelfish and Oculina coral		August 31 Scamp grouper
August 31 Oculina coral thicket		August 30 Fathometer reading in Eau Gallie region		August 30 Side scan sonar of Eau Gallie region		August 30 Ophioderma brittlestar
August 30 Four species of brittlestars		August 30 Gag grouper in Oculina coral		August 30 School of greater amberjack		August 30 Greateer amberjack
August 29 Oculina coral head at Jeff's Reef		August 29 Oculina varicosa from Oculina Bank		August 29 Clelia submersible after recovery		August 29 Phantom ROV used on Oculina Bank

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