Mission personnel spent much of the day catching up on work and in the evening, time on deck enjoying the sunset.

Mission personnel spent much of the day catching up on work and in the evening, time on deck enjoying the sunset. Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Gulf of Mexico 2012. Download larger version (jpg, 7.5 MB).

Mapping Mississippi Canyon
April 23, 2012

Remotely operated vehicle (ROV) dive operations were again cancelled due to heavy seas. The ship headed east and spent much of the day acquiring mapping data in the Mississippi Canyon, south of Terrebone Bay, Louisiana. Approximately 450 square kilometers were added to previous mapping coverage. By the end of the day, the seas were settling down, and personnel on board were getting anxious to put the ROV back in the water.