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Slideshow of Alvin recovery from dive 3909

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A transect from northeast to southwest across a small diapir within the Cape Fear slide scar. Students returning from their first Alvin dive. Rock from southeastern slope of the Cape Fear Diapir. A mud chimney encountered during Dive 3914.

A transect from northeast to southwest across a small diapir within the Cape Fear slide scar.

Students returning from their first Alvin dive.

Rock from southeastern slope of the Cape Fear Diapir.

A mud chimney encountered during Dive 3914.
The 20 science party members. Map of the Cape Fear slide. A push core being inserted into muddy sediment Mark, Alex, and, Pat standing in front of DSV Alvin.

The 20 science party members.

Map of the Cape Fear slide.

A push core being inserted into muddy sediment.

Mark, Alex, and, Pat standing in front of DSV Alvin.
Alvin pilot Bruce Strickrott in the top lab John Braxton during his first Alvin dive

Alvin pilot Bruce Strickrott in the top lab.

John Braxton during his first Alvin dive.
Megan Ward and John Braxton, before their dive in Alvin distribution of clam patches on the seafloor A field of mussels and the bucket of rabbit chow Ice shrimp

Megan Ward and John Braxton, before their dive in Alvin.

Distribution of clam patches on the seafloor.

A field of mussels and the bucket of rabbit chow.

Ice shrimp.
Methane bubbles rising in the water column as a push core was inserted zinc sulfide collected in the bottom of test tubes A push core being taken by Alvin’s manipulator

Methane bubbles rising in the water column as a push core was inserted.

Zinc sulfide collected in the bottom of test tubes.

A push core being taken by Alvin’s manipulator.
Seabeam bathymetric map near the head of the Cape Fear submarine slide and the Cape Fear salt diapir Dive track of the DVS Alvin A large purple octopus Authigenic carbonate rock collected on the Blake Ridge Diapir

Seabeam bathymetric map near the Cape Fear submarine slide and the Cape Fear salt diapir.

Dive track of the DVS Alvin.

A large purple octopus.

Authigenic carbonate rock collected on the Blake Ridge Diapir.
Alvin’s manipulators collecting a rock at the Cape Fear Diapir bacterial mat at Blake Ridge Diapir Dorsal (top) view of the anterior (front) end of the new nautiliniellid polychaete. Ventral (bottom) view of anterior (front) end of the new nautiliniellid polychaete.

Alvin’s manipulators collecting a rock at the Cape Fear Diapir.

Bacterial mat at Blake Ridge Diapir.

Dorsal (top) view of the anterior (front) end of the new nautiliniellid polychaete.

Ventral (bottom) view of anterior (front) end of the new nautiliniellid polychaete.
Three live nautiliniellid worms in the mantle cavity of the clam. Simple hooked chaetae in anterior segments Trifurcate chaetae in posterior segments Trifurcate (3-branched) chaetae on posterior segments

Three live nautiliniellid worms in the mantle cavity of the clam..

Simple hooked chaetae in anterior segments.

Trifurcate chaetae in posterior segments.

Trifurcate (3-branched) chaetae on posterior segments.
Riftia tubeworms, mussels, and scavenging crabs at a hydrothermal vent. Live nautiliniellid worm. Chaetopterid polychaete removed from parchment-like tube.

Riftia tubeworms, mussels, and scavenging crabs at a hydrothermal vent.

Live nautiliniellid worm.

Chaetopterid polychaete removed from parchment-like tube.
Carolyn and Anne standing on Alvin catwalk after a dive Push core inserted into a bed of vesicomyid clams Taylor sorting push cores taken from vesicomyid clam beds giant mussel

Carolyn and Anne standing on Alvin catwalk after a dive.

Push core inserted into a bed of vesicomyid clams.

Taylor sorting push cores taken from vesicomyid clam beds.

Giant mussel.
Dissecting vesicomyid clams discussing a profile of the Blake Ridge Diapir Cross-section of a female vesicomyid clam Muscle in a vesicomyid foot

Dissecting vesicomyid clams.

Discussing a profile of the Blake Ridge Diapir.

Cross-section of a female vesicomyid clam.

Muscle in a vesicomyid foot.
Epithelium of vesicomyid clam gill covered with cilia. Epithelium of vesicomyid clam gill covered with cilia.

Epithelium of vesicomyid clam gill covered with cilia.

Epithelium of vesicomyid clam gill covered with cilia.
Seabeam survey of the Blake Ridge Diapir map of the Blake Ridge Diapir Bed of adult and juvenile mussels Taylor holding a push core from the submersible Alivn

Seabeam survey of the Blake Ridge Diapir.

Map of the Blake Ridge Diapir.

Bed of adult and juvenile mussels.

Taylor holding a push core from the submersible Alivn.
Push core inserted in sediment Sponge encrusted rock collected at the Blake Ridge Examining a rock collected from approximately 3400 m water depth Educator Specialist Margaret Olsen on top of the DSV Alvin

Push core inserted in sediment.

Sponge encrusted rock collected at the Blake Ridge.

Examining a rock collected from approximately 3400 m water depth.

Educator Specialist Margaret Olsen on top of the DSV Alvin.
Seabeam survey of the northeastern flank (side) of Blake Ridge Push cores assembled in Alvin’s basket Assembling ‘squeezers’ used to extract pore water from sediment samples Bathymetric location map of the Blake Ridge study area

Seabeam survey of the northeastern flank (side) of Blake Ridge.

Push cores assembled in Alvin’s basket.

Assembling ‘squeezers’ used to extract pore water from sediment samples.

Bathymetric location map of the Blake Ridge study area.
Seismic data obtained over the Dive site during the Blake 2000 cruise Trying on the emergency breathing apparatus Assembling the push core Nezumia foraging along the edge of a basalt outcrop.

Seismic data obtained over the Dive site during the Blake 2000 cruise.

Trying on the emergency breathing apparatus .

Assembling the push core.

Nezumia foraging along the edge of a basalt outcrop.