NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer: Mendocino Ridge Mapping Shakedown Cruise
May 5 – 26, 2009


Mendocino Ridge Mapping Shakedown Cruise off the California Coast

Data from the multibeam sonar on the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer provided a 3D image of an underwater gas plume rising 4,600 feet from the seafloor off the California Coast in 2009. Video Credit: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research.