http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov en-us NOAA Ocean Explorer is an educational Internet offering for all who wish to learn about, discover, and virtually explore the ocean realm. It provides public access to current information on a series of NOAA scientific and educational explorations and activities in the marine environment. The site provides a platform to follow explorations in near real-time, learn about exploration technologies, observe remote marine flora and fauna in the colorful multimedia gallery, read about NOAA’s 200-year history of ocean exploration, and discover additional NOAA resources in a virtual library. Look for our Podcast in the iTunes Music Store. NOAA Ocean Explorer is an educational Internet offering for all who wish to learn about, discover, and virtually explore the ocean realm. It provides public access to current information on a series of NOAA scientific and educational explorations and activities in the marine environment. The site provides a platform to follow explorations in near real-time, learn about exploration technologies, observe remote marine flora and fauna in the colorful multimedia gallery, read about NOAA’s 200-year history of ocean exploration, and discover additional NOAA resources in a virtual library. Look for our Podcast in the iTunes Music Store. 20 ℗ & © 2008 NOAA, Ocean Explorer NOAA Ocean Explorer is an educational Podcast and Internet offering for all who wish to learn about, discover, and virtually explore the ocean realm. oceanexplorer.noaa.gov National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Ocean Explorer oceanexplorer@noaa.gov http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/include/images/ocean_explorer_podcast_300.jpg http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov NOAA, NOAA Ocean Explorer, Ocean Explorer, oceanexplorer www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov (August 13, 2008) Watch a NOAA video podcast of the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer Commissioning, "America's Ship for Ocean Exploration," is on a course to be the only U.S. ship assigned to systematically explore our largely unknown ocean for the purpose of discovery and the advancement of knowledge. Watch a NOAA video podcast on the The NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer, "America's Ship for Ocean Exploration," commissioned in Seattle, WA August 13th, 2008 the ship and crew will undergo field tests off the U.S. West Coast to train operators and test concepts of operations and equipment associated with the ship and its sensors and systems. All this leads to the ship's first full field season of operations in 2009, and a new way of exploring the ocean. Watch a NOAA video podcast on the The NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer, "America's Ship for Ocean Exploration," commissioned in Seattle, WA August 13th, 2008 the ship and crew will undergo field tests off the U.S. West Coast to train operators and test concepts of operations and equipment associated with the ship and its sensors and systems. All this leads to the ship's first full field season of operations in 2009, and a new way of exploring the ocean. http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/media/movies/commissioning_podcast_qt640.m4v Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:00:00 GMT 2:58 NOAA Okeanos Explorer, Bob Ballard, ROVs, Telepresence, Underwater, Diving, Dive, Snorkel, Snorkeling, environment, adventure http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/include/images/ocean_explorer_podcast_300.jpg http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov (August 13, 2008) Listen to a NOAA video podcast of the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer Commissioning, "America's Ship for Ocean Exploration," is on a course to be the only U.S. ship assigned to systematically explore our largely unknown ocean for the purpose of discovery and the advancement of knowledge. Listen to a NOAA video podcast on the The NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer, "America's Ship for Ocean Exploration," commissioned in Seattle, WA August 13th, 2008 the ship and crew will undergo field tests off the U.S. West Coast to train operators and test concepts of operations and equipment associated with the ship and its sensors and systems. All this leads to the ship's first full field season of operations in 2009, and a new way of exploring the ocean. Listen to a NOAA video podcast on the The NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer, "America's Ship for Ocean Exploration," commissioned in Seattle, WA August 13th, 2008 the ship and crew will undergo field tests off the U.S. West Coast to train operators and test concepts of operations and equipment associated with the ship and its sensors and systems. All this leads to the ship's first full field season of operations in 2009, and a new way of exploring the ocean. http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/media/movies/commissioning_podcast.mp3 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:00:00 GMT 2:58 NOAA Okeanos Explorer, Bob Ballard, ROVs, Telepresence, Underwater, Diving, Dive, Snorkel, Snorkeling, environment, adventure http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/include/images/ocean_explorer_podcast_300.jpg http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov (May 12 - May 23, 2008) Watcho a NOAA video podcast on the AUVfest 2008 expedition that takes place in Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay a unique opportunity to demonstrate and test the various applications of autonomous underwater vehicles, or AUVs, for both the Navy mine countermeasures and NOAA archaeological research. Watch a NOAA video podcast on the AUVfest 2008 expedition that will take place in Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay from May 12 through May 23. The event is a demonstration of 13 AUV systems originally developed by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) for mine hunting. As part of a collaborative effort to examine and evaluate the dual use of this technology, eight of these AUVs, and their associated sensors and systems, will also be sent on archaeological missions to shipwreck sites in Narragansett Bay. Watch a NOAA video podcast on the AUVfest 2008 expedition that will take place in Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay from May 12 through May 23. The event is a demonstration of 13 AUV systems originally developed by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) for mine hunting. As part of a collaborative effort to examine and evaluate the dual use of this technology, eight of these AUVs, and their associated sensors and systems, will also be sent on archaeological missions to shipwreck sites in Narragansett Bay. http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/08auvfest/background/plan/media/08auvfest_podcast.m4v Tue, 20 May 2008 20:00:00 GMT 4:52 AUVfest 2008, AUVfest 2008: Navy Mine-Hunting Robots help NOAA Explore Sunken History, AUVfest Exploration, Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay, The Naval Undersea Warfare Center, The Office of Naval Research http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/include/images/ocean_explorer_podcast_300.jpg http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov (May 12 - May 23, 2008) Listen to a NOAA podcast on the AUVfest 2008 expedition that takes place in Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay a unique opportunity to demonstrate and test the various applications of autonomous underwater vehicles, or AUVs, for both the Navy mine countermeasures and NOAA archaeological research. Listen to a NOAA podcast on the AUVfest 2008 expedition that will take place in Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay from May 12 through May 23. The event is a demonstration of 13 AUV systems originally developed by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) for mine hunting. As part of a collaborative effort to examine and evaluate the dual use of this technology, eight of these AUVs, and their associated sensors and systems, will also be sent on archaeological missions to shipwreck sites in Narragansett Bay. Listen to a NOAA podcast on the AUVfest 2008 expedition that will take place in Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay from May 12 through May 23. The event is a demonstration of 13 AUV systems originally developed by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) for mine hunting. As part of a collaborative effort to examine and evaluate the dual use of this technology, eight of these AUVs, and their associated sensors and systems, will also be sent on archaeological missions to shipwreck sites in Narragansett Bay. http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/08auvfest/background/plan/media/08auvfest_podcast.mp3 Tue, 20 May 2008 20:00:00 GMT 3:18 AUVfest 2008, AUVfest 2008: Navy Mine-Hunting Robots help NOAA Explore Sunken History, AUVfest Exploration, Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay, The Naval Undersea Warfare Center, The Office of Naval Research http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/include/images/ocean_explorer_podcast_300.jpg http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov (May - June) Breathtaking... Nearly 20 years after first finding the sunken remains of the R.M.S. Titanic, marine explorer Robert Ballard returned in June 2004 helped by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Ocean Exploration to study the ship's rapid deterioration. This 11 day "Look, don't touch" mission utilized high-definition video and stereoscopic still images to provide an updated assessment of the wreck site at an enormous depth of 3,840 meters (12,600 feet). Breathtaking... Nearly 20 years after first finding the sunken remains of the R.M.S. Titanic, marine explorer Robert Ballard returned in June 2004 helped by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Ocean Exploration to study the ship's rapid deterioration. The team worked aboard the NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown from May 30 through June 9 spending 11 days at the wreck site, mapping the ship and conducting scientific analysis of its deterioration. Using the Institute for Exploration (IFE) remotely operated vehicles (ROV's) Hercules and Argus, to conduct a sophisticated documentation of the state of Titanic was not possible in the 1980's. This "Look, don't touch" mission utilized high-definition video and stereoscopic still images to provide an updated assessment of the wreck site at an enormous depth of 3,840 meters (12,600 feet). As the nation's ocean agency, NOAA has a vested interest in the scientific and cultural aspects of the Titanic, and in its appropriate treatment and preservation. NOAA's focus is to build a baseline of scientific information from which we can measure the shipwreck's processes and deterioration, and then apply the knowledge we gain to other deep-water shipwrecks and submerged cultural resources. Video courtesy of the R.M.S. Titanic Expedition Team 2004, ROI, IFE, NOAA-OE. Breathtaking... Nearly 20 years after first finding the sunken remains of the R.M.S. Titanic, marine explorer Robert Ballard returned in June 2004 helped by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Ocean Exploration to study the ship's rapid deterioration. The team worked aboard the NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown from May 30 through June 9 spending 11 days at the wreck site, mapping the ship and conducting scientific analysis of its deterioration. Using the Institute for Exploration (IFE) remotely operated vehicles (ROV's) Hercules and Argus, to conduct a sophisticated documentation of the state of Titanic was not possible in the 1980's. This "Look, don't touch" mission utilized high-definition video and stereoscopic still images to provide an updated assessment of the wreck site at an enormous depth of 3,840 meters (12,600 feet). As the nation's ocean agency, NOAA has a vested interest in the scientific and cultural aspects of the Titanic, and in its appropriate treatment and preservation. NOAA's focus is to build a baseline of scientific information from which we can measure the shipwreck's processes and deterioration, and then apply the knowledge we gain to other deep-water shipwrecks and submerged cultural resources. Video courtesy of the R.M.S. Titanic Expedition Team 2004, ROI, IFE, NOAA-OE. http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/04titanic/media/movies/titanic2004_h.264_qt480.m4v Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:07:00 GMT 5:53 R.M.S Titanic, White Star disaster, 1912, Accident, Sea, Iceberg, Bob Ballard http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/include/images/ocean_explorer_podcast_300.jpg http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov (September - October) Follow this mission to unexplored waters south of the Philippine Islands, in search of the strange creatures that live in the dark, deep Celebes Sea. Audio courtesy of UCSB, Univ. S. Carolina, NOAA, WHOI. This 2007 expedition will begin in the port of Manila and take us south through the Sulu Sea to our study site, southeast of the Sulu Archipelago, where the bottom falls off abruptly to the sea floor thousands of meters below. Lying just north of the equator, the Celebes Sea is the center of the most biologically diverse area of the world’s ocean. This 2007 expedition will begin in the port of Manila and take us south through the Sulu Sea to our study site, southeast of the Sulu Archipelago, where the bottom falls off abruptly to the sea floor thousands of meters below. Lying just north of the equator, the Celebes Sea is the center of the most biologically diverse area of the world’s ocean. http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/07philippines/background/plan/media/07philippines_podcast.mp3 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:26:00 GMT 6:22 GalAPAGoS, GalAPAGoS: Where Ridge Meets Hotspot 2005, GalAPAGoS Exploration, Rachel M. Haymon http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/include/images/ocean_explorer_podcast_300.jpg http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov (July - August) Scientists return to the Kermadec Arc, to explore in great detail the Brothers submarine volcano. This will mark one of the most comprehensive exploration of a geothermaly active arc volcano yet discovered. Watch a NOAA video podcast on the New Zealand American Submarine Ring of Fire 2007 (NZASRoF'07) expedition that will take place on the Kermadec Arc, the second Ocean Explorer expedition to the Kermadec Arc. Video courtesy of New Zealand American Submarine Ring of Fire 2007 Exploration, NOAA Vents Program, NOAA-OE. Watch a NOAA video podcast on the New Zealand American Submarine Ring of Fire 2007 (NZASRoF'07) expedition that will take place on the Kermadec Arc, the second Ocean Explorer expedition to the Kermadec Arc. Video courtesy of New Zealand American Submarine Ring of Fire 2007 Exploration, NOAA Vents Program, NOAA-OE. http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/07fire/background/plan/media/srof07_podcast.m4v Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:54:00 GMT 3:04 Ring of Fire, New Zealand American Submarine Ring of Fire 2007, Ring of Fire Exploration, Bob Embley www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov (March - April) During our first dive at NW Eifuku submarine volcano, a remarkable hydrothermal site was discovered near the summit, 1,650 meters (5,272 feet) more than 1 mile below sea level. Small white chimneys vented cloudy white fluid at the site. Watch a NOAA video podcast on the Submarine Ring of Fire 2004 (SRoF'04) expedition to the Mariana Arc. This movie shows the discovery of the Champagne vent at northwest Eifuku volcano, where bubbles of liquid carbon dioxide are actively venting from sea-floor hot springs. This unusual phenomenon is due to the fact that the emissions from NW Eifuku volcano are particularly gas-rich. The high pressure at this depth keeps the carbon dioxide in a liquid state. Scientist discovered th Champagne vent at a depth of 1,607 meters (5272 feet more than 1 mile deep). Video courtesy of Submarine Ring of Fire 2004 Exploration, NOAA Vents Program, NOAA-OE. Watch a NOAA video podcast on the Submarine Ring of Fire 2004 (SRoF'04) expedition to the Mariana Arc. This movie shows the discovery of the Champagne vent at northwest Eifuku volcano, where bubbles of liquid carbon dioxide are actively venting from sea-floor hot springs. This unusual phenomenon is due to the fact that the emissions from NW Eifuku volcano are particularly gas-rich. The high pressure at this depth keeps the carbon dioxide in a liquid state. Scientist discovered th Champagne vent at a depth of 1,607 meters (5272 feet nearly 1 mile deep). Video courtesy of Submarine Ring of Fire 2004 Exploration, NOAA Vents Program, NOAA-OE. http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/04fire/logs/april10/media/eifuku_champagne_qt320.m4v Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:11:00 GMT 2:08 Ring of Fire, Submarine Ring of Fire 2004, Ring of Fire Exploration, Bob Embley www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov (May 21 - May 31, 2007) Experience a target depth 150ft fluorescent coral sample collection dive. Experience what it is like to be a Twilight Zone technical diver studying the biodiversity of creatures living in the Caribbean Sea between Cuba and Jamaica. Little Cayman has some of the steepest drop-offs in the Caribbean because it is perched on the edge of the abyss of the Cayman Trench 7500 meters below the crystal-clear surface waters. Video footage courtesy of Marc Slattery, Cayman Islands Twilight Zone 2007 Exploration, NOAA-OE. This 2007 expedition to the Cayman Islands will set new benchmarks in ocean exploration technical diving research. Remarkable advances in this technology will allow for divers to share the excitement of the rarely explored Twilight Zone discoveries in a much more personal way. Video footage courtesy of Marc Slattery, courtesy of Cayman Islands Twilight Zone 2007 Exploration, NOAA-OE. http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/07twilightzone/logs/may24/media/movies/fluocoral_sample_collection.m4v Thu, 31 May 2007 12:15:00 GMT 1:30 Cayman Islands, Twilight Zone, Caribbean Sea, The Cayman Islands Twilight Zone 2007, The Cayman Islands Twilight Zone 2007 Exploration, Marc Slattery, Fluorescent coral http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/include/images/ocean_explorer_podcast_300.jpg http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov (May 21 - May 31, 2007) Follow highly trained technical divers as they mount an expedition into the rarely explored Cayman Islands Twilight Zone. This 2007 expedition to the Cayman Islands will set new benchmarks in ocean exploration technical diving research. Remarkable advances in this technology will allow for divers to share the excitement of the rarely explored Twilight Zone discoveries in a much more personal way. Video footage courtesy of Shawn Harper, The Hidden Ocean, Arctic 2005 Exploration, NOAA-OE. This 2007 expedition to the Cayman Islands will set new benchmarks in ocean exploration technical diving research. Remarkable advances in this technology will allow for divers to share the excitement of the rarely explored Twilight Zone discoveries in a much more personal way. Video footage courtesy of Marc Slattery, courtesy of Cayman Islands Twilight Zone 2007 Exploration, NOAA-OE. http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/07twilightzone/background/plan/media/07twilightzone_podcast.m4v Fri, 25 May 2007 15:54:00 GMT 2:00 Cayman Islands, Twilight Zone, Caribbean Sea, The Cayman Islands Twilight Zone 2007, The Cayman Islands Twilight Zone 2007 Exploration, Marc Slattery http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/include/images/ocean_explorer_podcast_300.jpg http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov (May 21 - May 31, 2007) Follow highly trained technical divers as they mount an expedition into the rarely explored Cayman Islands Twilight Zone. This 2007 expedition to the Cayman Islands will set new benchmarks in ocean exploration technical diving research. Remarkable advances in this technology will allow for divers to share the excitement of the rarely explored Twilight Zone discoveries in a much more personal way. Video footage courtesy of Shawn Harper, The Hidden Ocean, Arctic 2005 Exploration, NOAA-OE. This 2007 expedition to the Cayman Islands will set new benchmarks in ocean exploration technical diving research. Remarkable advances in this technology will allow for divers to share the excitement of the rarely explored Twilight Zone discoveries in a much more personal way. Video footage courtesy of Marc Slattery, courtesy of Cayman Islands Twilight Zone 2007 Exploration, NOAA-OE. http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/07twilightzone/background/plan/media/07twilightzone_podcast.mp3 Fri, 25 May 2007 15:54:00 GMT 2:00 Cayman Islands, Twilight Zone, Caribbean Sea, The Cayman Islands Twilight Zone 2007, The Cayman Islands Twilight Zone 2007 Exploration, Marc Slattery http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/include/images/ocean_explorer_podcast_300.jpg http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov (August 2006 - March 2007) Listen to a NOAA podcast on the Tracking Narwhals in Greenland expedition, where scientists struggle with sharks, icebergs and the bitter cold as they attempt to make narwhals oceanographers. In the frigid waters off the coast of Greenland scientists are getting valuable data from narwhals - the most ice loving whales in the world. Narwhals, beluga and bowhead whales, which you can hear in the background, make their homes in the Arctic. There are about 100,000 narwhals in the world, and the vast majority of them - about 50,000 to 70,000 - live in the Arctic waters of Greenland. Audio courtesy of Tracking Narwhals in Greenland 2006-2007, Kristin Laidre, NOAA-OE. In the frigid waters off the coast of Greenland scientists are getting valuable data from narwhals - the most ice loving whales in the world. Narwhals, beluga and bowhead whales, which you can hear in the background, make their homes in the Arctic. There are about 100,000 narwhals in the world, and the vast majority of them - about 50,000 to 70,000 - live in the Arctic waters of Greenland. Audio courtesy of Tracking Narwhals in Greenland 2006-2007, Kristin Laidre, NOAA-OE. http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06arctic/logs/podcast/06arctic_podcast.mp3 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:54:00 GMT 4:56 Narwhals, Greenland, Tracking Narwhals in Greenland 2006-2007, Tracking Narwhals in Greenland Exploration, Dr. Kristin Laidre http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/include/images/ocean_explorer_podcast_300.jpg http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov (June 27 - July 26, 2005) Experience what it is like to be an Ice diver studying the density of creatures living on the underside of ice floes. While much of under-ice diving is similar to regular diving, there are a few important differences. First, the divers wear drysuits instead of wetsuits. These dry suits are sealed at the wrist and the neck and don't let any water in beyond the seals. Second, under-ice diving is usually performed using compressed air, not other mixed gases and the regulators used are specifically designed to be used in temperatures below freezing. Most different from regular diving operations, under-ice divers are tethered to the surface. Video footage courtesy of Shawn Harper, The Hidden Ocean, Arctic 2005 Exploration, NOAA-OE. While much of under-ice diving is similar to regular diving, there are a few important differences. First, the divers wear drysuits instead of wetsuits. These dry suits are sealed at the wrist and the neck and don't let any water in beyond the seals. Second, under-ice diving is usually performed using compressed air, not other mixed gases and the regulators used are specifically designed to be used in temperatures below freezing. Most different from regular diving operations, under-ice divers are tethered to the surface. Video footage courtesy of Shawn Harper, The Hidden Ocean, Arctic 2005 Exploration, NOAA-OE. http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05arctic/logs/july11/media/underice_experiences_qt320.m4v Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:49:00 GMT 0:25 Hidden Ocean, Arctic, The Hidden Ocean Arctic 2005, The Hidden Ocean Arctic 2005 Exploration, Rolf Gradinger, Shawn Harper http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/include/images/ocean_explorer_podcast_300.jpg http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov (March - July 2005) Crevices at a hydrothermal vent site are occupied by thriving aggregations of cutthroat eels. These eels, which have now been identified as Dysommina rugosa, are the only common metazoan animals occupying these low-temperature vents. The Crevices at 708 meters (2323 feet) of a hydrothermal vent site are occupied by thriving aggregations of cutthroat (synaphobranchid) eels. These eels, which have now been identified as Dysommina rugosa, are known from trawl samples in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, but have never before been studied in their natural habitat. The only common metazoan (multicellular) animals occupying these low-temperature hydrothermal vents, preliminary work indicates that they use the vent only as a place to live. They seem to feed not on chemosynthetic bacteria, but on crustaceans that pass by Nafanua’s summit in the currents. Video footage courtesy of UCSB, Univ. S. Carolina, WHOI, NOAA-OE. The Crevices at 708 meters (2323 feet) of a hydrothermal vent site are occupied by thriving aggregations of cutthroat (synaphobranchid) eels. These eels, which have now been identified as Dysommina rugosa, are known from trawl samples in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, but have never before been studied in their natural habitat. The only common metazoan (multicellular) animals occupying these low-temperature hydrothermal vents, preliminary work indicates that they use the vent only as a place to live. They seem to feed not on chemosynthetic bacteria, but on crustaceans that pass by Nafanua’s summit in the currents. Video footage courtesy of UCSB, Univ. S. Carolina, WHOI, NOAA-OE. http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05vailuluu/media/movies/eel_city_podcast_qt320.m4v Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:56:00 GMT 0:26 Vailulu'u, Vailulu'u 2005, Vailulu'u 2005 Exploration, Nafanua Submarine Volcano, Eel City, Hubert Staudigel http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/include/images/ocean_explorer_podcast_300.jpg http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov (October 16 - November 4, 2005) Highlights of cold water corals that have been identified along the Southeastern US (SEUS) and Gulf of Mexico continental slope coral ecosystems. Watch a NOAA video podcast on the deep-sea cold water corals located and sampled from poorly studied middle slope (360-800 meter) coral banks, from Cape Lookout, NC to southeastern FL covering over 650 nautical miles (1,205 km). Video courtesy of Ross et al, NOAA-OE, HBOI and Art Howard. Watch a NOAA video podcast on the deep-sea cold water corals located and sampled from poorly studied middle slope (360-800 meter) coral banks, from Cape Lookout, NC to southeastern FL covering over 650 nautical miles (1,205 km). Video courtesy of Ross et al, NOAA-OE, HBOI and Art Howard. http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05coralbanks/background/plan/media/movies/life_on_the_edge_qt320.m4v Wed, 20 Dec 2006 12:29:00 GMT 1:36 Life on the Edge, Life on the Edge 2005, Life on the Edge Exploration, Steve W. Ross http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/include/images/ocean_explorer_podcast_300.jpg http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov (June 22 - July 15, 2002) Highlights of deep-sea marine life from more than 3000 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Alaska's previously unexplored seamounts. View colorful highlights of deep-sea marine life from the Gulf of Alaska, including fan corals, vase sponges, basket stars and squid. This video comes from a NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration mission to study unexplored seamounts in the Gulf of Alaska. 13 dives were made in the titanium-hulled submersible Alvin to collect this fascinating video from more than 3000 feet below the surface of the sea. Video courtesy of Peter Etnoyer, WHOI, NOAA, the Alvin Group, and the 2002 GOA Expedition science party. View colorful highlights of deep-sea marine life from the Gulf of Alaska, including fan corals, vase sponges, basket stars and squid. This video comes from a NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration mission to study unexplored seamounts in the Gulf of Alaska. 13 dives were made in the titanium-hulled submersible Alvin to collect this fascinating video from more than 3000 feet below the surface of the sea. Video courtesy of Peter Etnoyer, WHOI, NOAA, the Alvin Group, and the 2002 GOA Expedition science party. http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02alaska/logs/summary/media/movies/02alaska_deepseacoral_h.264.m4v Wed, 23 Aug 2006 16:30:00 GMT 8:30 Gulf of Alaska, Gulf of Alaska 2002, Gulf of Alaska Exploration, Peter Etnoyer http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/include/images/ocean_explorer_podcast_300.jpg http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov (April - May) An interdisciplinary team of scientists return to the submarine volcanoes of the Mariana Arc to explore, utilizing an underwater tethered robot (Jason II). Listen to a NOAA podcast on the Submarine Ring of Fire 2006 (SRoF'06) expedition that will take place on the Mariana Arc, the third Ocean Explorer expedition to the Marianas. Audio courtesy of Submarine Ring of Fire 2006 Exploration, NOAA Vents Program, NOAA-OE. Listen to a NOAA podcast on the Submarine Ring of Fire 2006 (SRoF'06) expedition that will take place on the Mariana Arc, the third Ocean Explorer expedition to the Marianas. Audio courtesy of Submarine Ring of Fire 2006 Exploration, NOAA Vents Program, NOAA-OE. http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06fire/background/plan/media/06fire_podcast.mp3 Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:23:00 GMT 2:29 Ring of Fire, Submarine Ring of Fire 2006, Ring of Fire Exploration, Bob Embley http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/include/images/ocean_explorer_podcast_300.jpg http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov (April - May) An interdisciplinary team of scientists return to the submarine volcanoes of the Mariana Arc to explore, utilizing an underwater tethered robot (Jason II). Watch a NOAA video podcast on the Submarine Ring of Fire 2006 (SRoF'06) expedition that will take place on the Mariana Arc, the third Ocean Explorer expedition to the Marianas. Video courtesy of Submarine Ring of Fire 2006 Exploration, NOAA Vents Program, NOAA-OE. Watch a NOAA video podcast on the Submarine Ring of Fire 2006 (SRoF'06) expedition that will take place on the Mariana Arc, the third Ocean Explorer expedition to the Marianas. Video courtesy of Submarine Ring of Fire 2006 Exploration, NOAA Vents Program, NOAA-OE. http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06fire/background/plan/media/srof06_podcast.m4v Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:54:00 GMT 2:29 Ring of Fire, Submarine Ring of Fire 2006, Ring of Fire Exploration, Bob Embley www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov (April - May) At Daikoku volcano we came upon a convecting, black pool of liquid sulfur with a solidified sulfur crust. Gases, smoke and liquid sulfur bubble up from the back edge of the sulfur cauldron as it has come to be known. Watch a NOAA video podcast on the Submarine Ring of Fire 2006 (SRoF'06) expedition dive to the Mariana Arc, Daikoku submarine volcano. Molten sulfur and volcanic gases are bubbling out of a vent along the far wall of Sulfur Cauldron, keeping the partially-crusted surface of the pond undulating. Sometimes the heaving is so great that pieces of crust near the vent break off, tip on end, and are pulled downward by the convecting currents in the pond. Video courtesy of Submarine Ring of Fire 2006 Exploration, NOAA Vents Program, NOAA-OE. Watch a NOAA video podcast on the Submarine Ring of Fire 2006 (SRoF'06) expedition dive to the Mariana Arc, Daikoku submarine volcano. Molten sulfur and volcanic gases are bubbling out of a vent along the far wall of Sulfur Cauldron, keeping the partially-crusted surface of the pond undulating. Sometimes the heaving is so great that pieces of crust near the vent break off, tip on end, and are pulled downward by the convecting currents in the pond. Video courtesy of Submarine Ring of Fire 2006 Exploration, NOAA Vents Program, NOAA-OE. http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06fire/logs/may4/media/movies/daikoku2_podcast.m4v Fri, 12 May 2006 17:42:00 GMT 0:54 Ring of Fire, Submarine Ring of Fire 2006, Ring of Fire Exploration, Bob Embley www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov (April - May) A large burst from the Brimstone Pit (which clearly has two side-by-side eruptive vents) almost engulfs the vehicle in an ash plume. Video courtesy of Submarine Ring of Fire 2006 Exploration, NOAA Vents Program, NOAA-OE. Watch a NOAA video podcast on the Submarine Ring of Fire 2006 (SRoF'06) expedition to the Mariana Arc. While the pilots were trying to tend to a troublesome suction sampler at 560 meters (1840 feet), a large burst from the Brimstone Pit (which clearly has two side-by-side eruptive vents) almost engulfs the vehicle in an ash plume. Video courtesy of Submarine Ring of Fire 2006 Exploration, NOAA Vents Program, NOAA-OE. Watch a NOAA video podcast on the Submarine Ring of Fire 2006 (SRoF'06) expedition to the Mariana Arc. While the pilots were trying to tend to a troublesome suction sampler at 560 meters (1840 feet), a large burst from the Brimstone Pit (which clearly has two side-by-side eruptive vents) almost engulfs the vehicle in an ash plume. Video courtesy of Submarine Ring of Fire 2006 Exploration, NOAA Vents Program, NOAA-OE. http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06fire/logs/april25/media/nwrota_brimstone6_podcast.m4v Fri, 23 Jun 2006 18:09:00 GMT 1:04 Ring of Fire, Submarine Ring of Fire 2006, Ring of Fire Exploration, Bob Embley www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov (April - May) Scientists return to the Mariana Arc, NW Rota-1 submarine volcano and witness the first time glowing lava has ever been observed during a submarine volcanic eruption. Watch a NOAA video podcast on the Submarine Ring of Fire 2006 (SRoF'06) return to the Mariana Arc, NW Rota-1 submarine volcano. This is the first time that glowing lava has ever been witnessed from a submarine volcanic eruption! In this case, the lava is rising in the vent so fast that a small glimpse of red glow can be seen intermittently before it crusts over or is blown apart. What a sight! Do you think the scientists were a little excited? Video courtesy of Submarine Ring of Fire 2006 Exploration, NOAA Vents Program, NOAA-OE. Watch a NOAA video podcast on the Submarine Ring of Fire 2006 (SRoF'06) return to the Mariana Arc, NW Rota-1 submarine volcano. This is the first time that glowing lava has ever been witnessed from a submarine volcanic eruption! In this case, the lava is rising in the vent so fast that a small glimpse of red glow can be seen intermittently before it crusts over or is blown apart. What a sight! Do you think the scientists were a little excited? Video courtesy of Submarine Ring of Fire 2006 Exploration, NOAA Vents Program, NOAA-OE. http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06fire/logs/april29/media/movies/nwrota_brimstone12_podcast.m4v Fri, 12 May 2006 17:42:00 GMT 1:04 Ring of Fire, Submarine Ring of Fire 2006, Ring of Fire Exploration, Bob Embley www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov (March - April) Scientists come across an amazing scene of billowing smoke rising from a small crater (Brimstone pit) on the upper flank of the summit of NW Rota-1 submarine volcano. Watch a NOAA video podcast on the Submarine Ring of Fire 2004 (SRoF'04) expedition to the Mariana Arc. Video taken by the ROPOS ROV at the edge of Brimstone Pit near the summit of NW Rota-1 submarine volcano, showing ash and sulfur-laden eruptions from the crater. The crater is at a depth of 555 meters (1820 feet). The yellow color of the billowing clouds is due to droplets of molten sulfur in the plume bursts. Video courtesy of Submarine Ring of Fire 2004 Exploration, NOAA Vents Program, NOAA-OE. Watch a NOAA video podcast on the Submarine Ring of Fire 2004 (SRoF'04) expedition to the Mariana Arc. Video taken by the ROPOS ROV at the edge of Brimstone Pit near the summit of NW Rota-1 submarine volcano, showing ash and sulfur-laden eruptions from the crater. The crater is at a depth of 555 meters (1820 feet). The yellow color of the billowing clouds is due to droplets of molten sulfur in the plume bursts. Video courtesy of Submarine Ring of Fire 2004 Exploration, NOAA Vents Program, NOAA-OE. http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/04fire/logs/april01/media/brimstone01_podcast.m4v Mon, 30 Oct 2006 13:24:00 GMT 1:05 Ring of Fire, Submarine Ring of Fire 2004, Ring of Fire Exploration, Bob Embley www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov (March - April) While attempting to sample an outcrop of hydrothermally altered lava, the view changed rapidly (over a 2-min time span) from good visibility to chunks of rock, sulfur and ash totally obscuring the outcrop from our view. Watch a NOAA video podcast on the Submarine Ring of Fire 2004 (SRoF'04) expedition to the Mariana Arc. Video taken by the ROPOS ROV at the edge of Brimstone Pit near the summit of NW Rota-1 submarine volcano, showed a burst of ash, sulfur, and small rocks from the crater. This type of activity has never before been witnessed and documented on a submarine volcano. Video courtesy of Submarine Ring of Fire 2004 Exploration, NOAA Vents Program, NOAA-OE. Watch a NOAA video podcast on the Submarine Ring of Fire 2004 (SRoF'04) expedition to the Mariana Arc. Video taken by the ROPOS ROV at the edge of Brimstone Pit near the summit of NW Rota-1 submarine volcano, showed a burst of ash, sulfur, and small rocks from the crater. This type of activity has never before been witnessed and documented on a submarine volcano. Video courtesy of Submarine Ring of Fire 2004 Exploration, NOAA Vents Program, NOAA-OE. http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/04fire/logs/april01/media/brimstone02_podcast.m4v Mon, 30 Oct 2006 13:24:00 GMT 1:04 Ring of Fire, Submarine Ring of Fire 2004, Ring of Fire Exploration, Bob Embley www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov (December - January) This expedition surveyed the ocean floor north of the Galapagos Islands for underwater volcanoes and oceanic hotspots. Listen to a NOAA podcast on the GalAPAGoS: Where Ridge Meets Hotspot expedition, where scientists for the first time found black chimney smokers and explored undersea volcanoes. Audio courtesy of UCSB, Univ. S. Carolina, NOAA, WHOI. Listen to a NOAA podcast on the GalAPAGoS: Where Ridge Meets Hotspot expedition, where scientists for the first time found black chimney smokers and explored undersea volcanoes. Audio courtesy of UCSB, Univ. S. Carolina, NOAA, WHOI. http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05galapagos/background/mission_intro/media/mp3_audio_files/05galapagos_podcast.mp3 Fri, 3 Feb 2006 17:40:00 GMT 6:20 GalAPAGoS, GalAPAGoS: Where Ridge Meets Hotspot 2005, GalAPAGoS Exploration, Rachel M. Haymon http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/include/images/ocean_explorer_podcast_300.jpg http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov clean