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Surprisingly, bubbles composed of some sort of fluid were rising out of the sediment around the chimneys.
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See how the ROPOS ROV is deployed at the Maug Island volcanic crater.
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Collecting an unusual species of shrimp found at the hydrothermal vent.
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A few swarms of crabs, scavenging on some dead fish.
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See how the claw and arm of Alvin are able to sample a “wedge” of pillow basalt pulled from a fractured pillow lava.
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View the peeper recovery and sampling process.
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Deploying the Eye-in-the-Sea (EITS) on the edge of a brine pool, at over 2,100 ft.
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The Johnson-Sea-Link II manipulator arm picks up a coral skeleton.
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 View a slide show of the Young Modified Van Veen Grab sampler in action.
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Collecting a sponge community with the Chimneymaster.
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Slideshow of Alvin recovery from dive 3909.
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The ascent of a dive on the southern Lophelia shelf.
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Deployment and descent of the Johnson-Sea-Link II.
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Manipulator arm retrieving carrion bucket.
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Forcepia, not just your ordinary sponge.
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The Innovator ROV being launched from the stern deck of the NOAA Research Vessel Ronald H. Brown.
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The diversity of marine life hidden beneath oil platforms.
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Scientist use sampling techniques that have minimal impact on the Northern Gulf of Mexico Deep Water Habitats.
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Under-ice dives.
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Divers under the ice.
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S1st launch of ROV Global Explorer.
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The Atlantis gets ready to explore the Galapagos Rift.
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Collecting a fish sample.
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Video footage taken from the remotely operated vehicle.
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The advantages of an ROV.
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Collecting a crab sample.
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Alvin collecting volcanic rock.
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Two different sampling techniques used by the submersible.
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Video of a "live rock specimen" being collected.
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Video of a sponge being collected.
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Video of an Otter trawl deployment.
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The R/V Seward Johnson being prepared for the expedition.
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Footage captured by the Johnson-Sea-Link II.
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The Johnson-Sea-Link II deploying traps.
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The Johnson-Sea-Link II sampling benthic invertebrates.
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The Johnson Sea-Link being deployed for a dive.
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Alvin collecting a suction sample
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Van Dover mussel pot being deployed
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Van Dover mussel pot retrieving invertebrates
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Deployment of PAMS, an acoustic array
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Images
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Vessels
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The R/V Thomas G. Thompson holds its station over Maug caldera.
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NOAA ship Ronald H. Brown during mobilization in Woods Hole, Mass.
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WHOI R/V Atlantis refueling in Woods Hole between cruises.
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The NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown docked at the Port of Panama City, Florida. (HR)
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Small boat launched from the Ron Brown. (HR)
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Media reps, visiting the R/V Seward Johnson.
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The Thompson surrounded by Maug's three islands (HR)
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The tugboat that brought the new science party. (HR)
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R/V Atlantis docked.
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The Louis St. Laurent.
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Preparing to explore.
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Stern-view of the Louis St. Laurent.
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The Louis at sunset.
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The crew and science party prepare the ship.
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The R/V Seward Johnson at sunrise on the first morning of IIS 2002.
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R/V Atlantis
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R/V Lake Guardian
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Rear view of R/V Atlantis
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NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter
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NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown
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NOAA Ship Ferrel
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R/V Seward Johnson II
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NOAA Ship McArthur
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The Auriga
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R/V Cape Fear
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USS Grasp
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USS Grapple
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USS Grapple moored to buoy
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Boom and small launch
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Various launches
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Submersibles
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Schematic diagram of the DSV Alvin. (HR)
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The Alvin's claw and arm, grasping a “wedge” of pillow basalt. (HR)
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To make fluorescent observations, the Johnson-Sea-Link is modified by placing blue filters on the submersible’s two 400W HMI lamps. (HR)
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The mechanical arm of the Johnson-Sea-Link places a baited benthic trap on the seafloor, just outside the brine pool.
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Alvin’s manipulators collecting a rock at the Cape Fear Diapir.
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The biobox on the front of Alvin.
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Recovering the Alvin sub after a dive on Manning Seamount. (HR)
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Alvin being pulled out of the water during a dive recovery.
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Launching Alvin from Atlantis.
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Alvin, up close, in its hanger on board Atlantis.
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The DSV Alvin crew readies the sub for a dive.
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View from inside the ‘bubble’ of the JSLII.
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The Johnson-Sea-Link submersible.
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R/V SEWARD JOHNSON’S ROV being launched.
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The stern section of the Johnson-Sea-Link submersible.
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JSL is being recovered.
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The Johnson-Sea-Link submersible.
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Dave Wyansk prepares for a dive to almost 1,800 ft in the JSL II sphere.
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Deep below the photic zone in the JSL II submersible.
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Biologist Dave Wyanski prepares to enter the JSL II sphere. (HR)
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Sub crew member Jim Sullivan dives from the R/V Seward Johnson to the JSL II. (HR)
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The Johnson-Sea Link II submersible prepares to descend into the sea over the Charleston Bump.
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Johnson Sea Link
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Launching of the Pisces IV.
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Alvin first launch.
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Alvin launch.
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Entering Alvin.
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Alvin being moved out of the hanger.
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The Johnson-Sea-Link II waits for recovery.
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The Johnson-Sea-Link II is launched.
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One of the JSL II dive team enters the aft observation compartment of the submersible.
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An attachment on the Johnson Sea Link is used to “vacuum” an area of the seafloor.
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The Seward Johnson crew launches the JSL II.
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Mechanical arm of the Johnson Sea-Link
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The Clelia sampling limestone rock
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The Alvin in its berth
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The Alvin preparing to descend
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Phantom S2 ROV
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Deploying the Alvin
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The Alvin underwater
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Front view of the Alvin underwater
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The Clelia on the fantail
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Deploying the Johnson Sea-Link
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Front view of the Johnson Sea-Link
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Side view of the Johnson Sea-Link
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The Clelia
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The DeepWorker
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DeepWorker underwater
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Launching the Deepworker
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A-frame launch of DeepWorker
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Articulated crane launch
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Swimmer with DeepWorker
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Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV)
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ROPOS is deployed from the “fantail” of the Thompson. (HR)
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Covered in sulfur droplets, the ROPOS ROV shows signs of its close encounter with sulfur, rocks and ash. (HR)
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The Hercules ROV as seen from the Argus ROV. (HR)
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Summary
Sampling small coral colony with Hercules manipulator arm.
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Recovering the basalt recruitment block experiment with the Hercules ROV. (HR)
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ROV Hercules collecting corals in a "forest" of bamboo whip corals. (HR)
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Working to secure foam from Little Hercules on top of Argus. (HR)
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Collecting fossil corals with a scoop-action, using a net and the Hercules scissor claw. (HR)
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A front view of the ROV Hercules shows the white bio-box, powerful arms, lights, and cameras.
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The claw on the Hercules manipulator arm had trouble with some collections. (HR)
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The ROV crew designed and tested a new claw design. (HR)
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Milk crates and carrots help form a simulated seabed for testing. (HR)
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ROV Hercules collecting a Keratoisis bamboo coral on Bear Seamount.
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Hercules climbing the side of Bear Seamount.
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Argus is secured on deck.
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Hercules returns home.
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IFE’s light-bearing camera sled Argus on the deck of the NOAA ship Ronald H. Brown.
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IFE’s ROV Hercules on the deck of the NOAA ship Ronald. H. Brown.
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ROV Innovator during a recovery at night. (HR)
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Innovator sample buckets being unloaded after dive.
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The ROV Innovator during a morning launch. (HR)
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Morning launch of the ROV.
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Innovator being recovered.
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Mobilization of the Innovator on the NOAA research vessel Ron Brown.
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The Innovator being submersed during the test dive.
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Port side view of the Sonsub Inc. ROV Innovator.
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Innovator ROV being launched from the Ron Brown during a test dive.
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Using a tether management system to deploy and recover the ROV. (HR)
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Robotic arm of the ROV Tiburon collecting rock samples.
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The ROV Tiburon placing a fish trap.
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Placing a sea star in a biobox.
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The robotic arm of the ROV Tiburon.
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Labeled diagram of the Global Explorer ROV.
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Preparing the Global Explorer for its first dive.
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The NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson sought safe harbor.
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Jeff checks the quality of a shot in the playback unit.
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Hela and Isis, ROV parts.
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The ROV team works on the control and camera systems.
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The ROV team works on the control and camera systems.
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ROV depressor weight is used in submergence of ROV.
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The ROV being deployed.
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The ROV sustained damage.
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ROV deployment
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ROV underwater
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Launching remotely operated vehicle
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ROV (ROPOS) deployment and support equipment
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Launching ROPOS
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ROPOS taking a sample of 12,000+ year old clay.
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Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)
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ABE is opened for maintenance, revealing its complex interior.
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Launching the AUV ABE.
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Preparing ABE for its next dive.
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Launching ABE to collect data. (HR)
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Diving
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Blue water divers use glass jars to capture gelatinous specimens for further study in the ship’s laboratory. (HR)
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Scuba divers enter the mid-water realm to collect gelatinous creatures. (HR)
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Scientists donned their SCUBA equipment and dove in shallow water.
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Experimental aquaculture farm of deep-water sponges. (HR)
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Preparing for a dive.
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Dive station.
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Diving Supervisor, Jeremy Stewart. (HR)
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Two divers under the ice.
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Ice diver.
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Sea ice divers. (HR)
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SAT bell
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decompression chamber
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diver signals OK
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Saturation diver and spider
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Diver, spider and Johnson Sea Link over turret
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Diver on spider
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preparing to dive
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Divers on stage
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Diving bell underwater
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Diving bell
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Inside the diving bell's chamber
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Divers inside the bell
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Divers entering the Monitor's hull
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Divers working on the Monitor at night
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Launching diving bell from barge
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Diving bell entering water
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Preparing to enter the decompression chamber
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Preparing for his working first dive
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Diver "hatting up" for a dive
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Navy diver entering the water
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Diver entering water
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Divers underwater
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Scuba pressure gauge
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Scuba tanks and BCD
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Technical Diver
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Dive Helmet
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Helmet diagram
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Scuba regulator
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Observation Tools
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Plankton nets mounted on the bumper bar of the ROPOS ROV are used to collect plankton above the hydrothermal vent sites.
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A plankton net is deployed to collect near-surface plankton in Maug caldera. (HR)
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Geoff Lebon (foreground) and Ed Baker (background) removie plume water from the CTD bottles after a tow-yo. (HR)
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ROPOS capturing bubbles from the sea floor at Champagne Vent. (HR)
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An experiment to observe the change in phase of the bubbles collected at Champagne Vent. (HR)
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Sampling hydrothermal vent fluids with the Hot Fluid Sampler (HFS) at Cave Vent. (HR)
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Freshly-baited crab traps are lowered on a metal platform to the sea floor. (HR)
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The CTD rosette is brought back on deck after having taken water samples and a profile of the water column. (HR)
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The Eye-In-The-Sea deployed on the edge of the brine pool
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Dip net sampling for Sargassum (HR)
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A floating light-trap (HR)
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A push core being inserted into muddy sediment.
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Methane bubbles rising in the water column as a push core was inserted.
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A push core being taken by Alvin’s manipulator.
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Push core inserted into a bed of vesicomyid clams.
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Taylor sorting push cores taken from vesicomyid clam beds.
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Taylor holding a push core from the submersible Alvin.
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Push core inserted in sediment.
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Push cores assembled in Alvin’s basket.
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Assembling the push core.
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Deploying basalt blocks for a coral recruitment experiment.
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Dip netting for Sargassum off the ship’s stern.
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Dip netting is a technique to collect flyingfish.
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Tucker trawl deployed for a 30-minute set.
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Brass block attached to the wire and sent down the line to close the trawl net.
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The Seabird 39 temperature and depth recorder.
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Neuston net towing.
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Steve Stancyk prepares the clod cards for deployment. (HR)
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Carrion trap baited with rotting oyster. (HR)
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Manipulator arm retrieving carrion bucket.
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Just before midnight, Fred Andrus helps lower the 2,400- lb CTD over the ship’s starboard side. (HR)
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Securing the cups to the CTD frame
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Autonomous Underwater Hydrophone (AUH) mooring (HR)
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Deploying the hydrophone (HR)
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Deploying the syntactic foam float (HR)
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Towfish being recovered (HR)
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MR1 sonar system (HR)
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G. Lebon and S. Maenner launch the CTD (HR)
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Removing an ice core.
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Checking out the box core.
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Dave Huntley guides the CTD rosette.
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Fish and amphipod trap deployment.
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Collecting water samples at different depths. (HR)
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Water samples are taken by the Rosette. (HR)
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NOAA scientists lower the seacat. (HR)
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Crab pot
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Bruce Strickrott detaching Niskin bottles.
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Putting the gravity corer over the side.
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14 foot gravity core.
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This Otter trawl is one of the devices being used to sample the ocean floor.
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This plankton net can capture the smallest of marine organisms including marine algae, larval fish and invertebrates.
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The yellow floats on top of the neuston net frame insure that it will not sink any lower that 1 meter below the surface.
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A neuston net is being deployed off the starboard side of the R/V Seward Johnson.
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Closeup of a Young Grab.
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Preparing the Young Grab for deployment.
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Deployment of the sonar fish off the stern of the R/V Seward Johnson.
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Raw side scan sonar record of the St. Augustine Scarp.
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Side scan sonar acquisition computer.
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A side scan sonar tow vehicle, also called a ‘fish’.
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CTD deployment for evidence of hydrothermal activity. (HR)
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The CTD in the staging bay. (HR)
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CTD Rosette
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Multibeam towfish for the Klein 5000
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USBL hydrophone pole
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Retrieving PAMS from Jeff's Reef
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Inspecting an Isaacs-Kidd midwater trawl
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Deploying an Isaacs-Kidd midwater trawl
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Isaacs-Kidd midwater trawl
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Diagram of an Isaacs-Kidd midwater trawl
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ECHO awaiting deployment
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Deploying ECHO and the depressor weight
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Diagram of a sidescan sonar towed instrument
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Bioacoustic sampler
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Hydrocast deployment with CTD
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Water sampling from hydrocast "rosette"
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Sonde data
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Rack for SPMDs
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SPMD spiders
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Cage for SPMDs
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Shipboard Computer System
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GOES-2
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GOES-2 before launch
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GOES-3
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Drifter Diagram
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Davis Drifter
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