Photo & Video Log
This page contains photos and videos taken during the Estuary to the Abyss Expedition that took place August 20 - September 1, 2004. Click on any image to view a larger version and for
additional information. If a movie camera icon 
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If a slideshow icon 
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(HR) = "High Resolution" images available.
Video & Slideshows
August 26
A lantern shark swims above the bottom at the Sandy Tongue dive site. (mp4, 2.8 MB)
August 26
A huge sea anemone, retrieved during the submersible dive. (mp4, 3 MB)
August 26
A red gerion crab running along the sandy bottom. (mp4, 3.1 MB)
August 26
A bathyscaphoid squid swimming. (mp4, 3.1 MB)
August 26
A Venus flytrap sea anemone. (mp4, 3.4 MB)
August 26
A frilled shark swims above the sea floor. (mp4, 3.2 MB)
August 26
Shaefer's anglerfish brought up by the Johnson-Sea-Link II. (mp4, 5 MB)
August 25
A narrated compilation of still photographs. (mp4, 3.7 MB)
August 25
A giant red shrimp hovers just above the sea floor. (mp4, 3.6 MB)
August 25
A lizard fish sits on the bottom and waits for its prey to approach. (mp4, 1.6 MB)
August 25
A small fish sits near the bottom as a crab hops by. (mp4, 2 MB)
August 25
A common sea-floor feature in the study area was an occasional hill, or dune. (mp4, 3.6 MB)
August 25
The Johnson-Sea-Link II manipulator arm picks up a coral skeleton. (mp4, 2.8 MB)
August 24
View a slide show of the Young Modified Van Veen Grab sampler in action.
August 24
A vertical wall, capped by a thin layer of manganese phosphorite rock. (mp4, 3.1 MB)
August 24
A North Atlantic wreckfish (Polyprion americanus) in its natural habitat. (mp4, 3.7 MB)
August 24
The
red bream (Beryx decadactylus) in its natural habitat. (mp4, 4 MB)
August 22
An example of vertical topography at Sponge Cliff. (mp4, 3.5 MB)
August 22
A hard layer of manganese phosphorite pavement, a common type of sea floor in the Estuary to the Abyss. (mp4, 2.7 MB)
August 22
Collecting a sponge community with the Chimneymaster. (mp4, 4.8 MB)
Images
Summary
map of the 13 dive sites in Estuary to the Abyss Expedition.
Summary
ship track of R/V Seward Johnson during the Estuary to the Abyss Expedition (HR)
August 30
Mn-phosphorite pavement slabs and relict (ancient) sediment ripples. (HR)
August 30
Foraminiferan limestone and numerous red bream. (HR)
August 30
Two views of rippled dunes at the Sandy Tongue dive site. (HR)
August 30
Loosely cemented foraminiferan "ooze" and bamboo coral. (HR)
August 30
Three rock types: Mn-phosphorite pavement rock, loosely cemented foraminifera "ooze," and well-cemented foraminiferan limestone. (HR)
August 29
Map of Estuaries to the Abyss Expedition. (HR)
August 29
Bottom profile along the "Latitude 31-30 Transect." (HR)
August 29
Wreckfish (HR)
August 29
Red bream (HR)
August 29
Longfish hake (HR)
August 29
Cutthroat eel (HR)
August 29
Pluto skate (HR)
August 29
Blackfin (HR)
August 29
Stout beardfish
August 29
Ship track of R/V Seward Johnson during the Estuary to the Abyss Expedition. (HR)
August 28
Group of Red bream (Beryx decadactylus). (HR)
August 28
Close-up of a large anemone. (HR)
August 28
View of waves from the R/V Seward Johnson.
August 27
Styrofoam coffee cups and wig heads, compressed.
August 27
Shaefer’s anglerfish (Sladenia shaefersi) (HR)
August 27
Shaefer’s anglerfish (Sladenia shaefersi) (HR)
August 27
Lophelia coral bush. (HR)
August 27
A frilled shark, in its natural habitat. (HR)
August 26
An unidentified transparent squid. (HR)
August 26
Snowy grouper (HR)
August 26
A school of yellowfin bass. (HR)
August 25
Pelagic brown algae, genus Sargassum. (HR)
August 25
Dip net sampling for Sargassum. (HR)
August 25
A floating light-trap. (HR)
August 25
Long-spine porcupinefish (HR)
August 24
J.D. Dubick enters the Johnson-Sea-Link II for a three-hour dive. (HR)
August 24
A brittle star (Opheiolepis elegans) brought up from the sea- floor sediment. (HR)
August 24
An unidentified polychaete worm brought up from the sea-floor sediment. (HR)
August 23
A small sea urchin. (HR)
August 23
A large sea urchin. (HR)
August 23
Arcturid isopod clings to a branch of octocoral. (HR)
August 23
Two sponges attached to a rock. (HR)
August 23
Susan DeVictor photographing marine organisms. (HR)
August 22
Sea lilies (HR)
August 22
Christina Ralph describes the beardfish she observed during her dive.
August 22
Two laser beams from the submersible reflect off a wreckfish. (HR)
August 22
Laemonema are a type of morid cod (HR)
August 21
Crab megalopae, a late larval stage of crabs. (HR)
August 21
Sponge goby (Evermannichthys metzetaari)
August 21
Melon sponge collected from Blake Plateau. (HR)
August 21
White tube sponges (HR)
August 20
View of Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution’s ship channel.
August 20
View from the bridge of R/V Seward Johnson.
August 20
Demo of immersion, or “Gumby,” suit.
