This image shows an overall perspective of the multibeam sonar data collected over the Mid-Cayman Rise so far by the Okeanos Explorer. The perspective is looking west-north-west, and Mount Dent is seen in the foreground.

This image shows an overall perspective of the multibeam sonar data collected over the Mid-Cayman Rise so far by the Okeanos Explorer. The perspective is looking west-north-west, and Mount Dent is seen in the foreground. Image courtesy of NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, MCR Expedition 2011. Download larger version (jpg, 231 KB).

Overnight Mapping Operations
August 8, 2011

The mapping team has been working overnight to collect multibeam sonar data and provide daily updated maps to shoreside scientists. Scientists are using these maps in near-real-time to make decisions on where to send the ROV the following day. This morning we developed mapping coverage out to the east and to the north, as far north as Piccard, the deepest vent in the world!