Little Hercules is lifted off the deck for deployment.

Little Hercules is lifted off the deck for deployment. Image courtesy of NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Galápagos Rift Expedition 2011. Download larger version (jpg, 678 KB).

ROV launched
July 19, 2011

After overnight tow-yo and mapping operations, Little Hercules was launched at ~0830. Today is the first and likely only dive at Site 2C.