A ridge is imaged in greater detail using the ship’s EM302 multibeam system, revealing previously unknown small-scale features. Image courtesy of NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program. Download larger version (jpg, 267 KB).
A ridge is imaged in greater detail using the ship’s EM302 multibeam system, revealing previously unknown small-scale features. Image courtesy of NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program. Download larger version (jpg, 267 KB).
While everyone onboard settles into Okeanos Explorer’s ship-board routine, the sea-state slowly picks up as the ship heads northeast towards a swell. Science operations continue with daily Manta Net deployments, and towing of the Continuous Plankton Recorder. Multibeam data acquisition continues, revealing previously unknown seafloor features in greater detail.
