Multibeam bathymetry data showing DeSoto Canyon and Salt Domes in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. EM302 bathymetry data acquired by NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer during five cruises in 2011 and 2012. Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Gulf of Mexico 2012. Download larger version (jpg, 813 KB).
Today's remotely operated vehicle (ROV) dive was cancelled due to a leaking seal on the gas capture cylinder affixed to the front of the ROV. While the ROV team spent the day redesigning the seal on the cylinder, the ship headed west and mapped new areas in the vicinity of Breton Spur, adding approximately 850 square kilometers to the previous days' bathymetric coverage.
