• UW Marine Biology student Jolee Thirtyacre (a VISIONS student participant in 2023 and a V24 student worker) gets a tour of the bridge of the R/V Atlan...
  • Gassy push cores! When taking sediment samples in an area saturated with naturally occurring methane (as guest PI Laura Lapham did at Southern Hydrate...
  • An upside-down pond on the bottom of the ocean! A flange on the side of this unnamed vent at the CASM site (northern Axial Caldera) traps buoyant, sup...
  • These Short-beaked Common Dolphins stopped by to send us on our way from Axial Seamount back to Slope Base during Leg 3 of the OOI-RCA VISIONS’24 crui...
  • The Leg 3 VISIONS'24 students modeling the latest in survival suit fashion! Right after we left the dock this morning, we attended an excellent shipbo...
  • Everything is illuminated! The recently deployed OOI still camera captured the Jason ROV at International District hovering next to the Diva hydrother...
  • VISIONS’24 students launching a deep CTD cast at Slope Base (2900 m) with the assistance of Atlantis SSSG Ella Cedarholm. ...Follow along with our exp...
  • Blue ciliates, white bacteria, red tubeworms, and black and orange basalt and iron oxides create a mesmerizing panorama at Tiny Towers - a hydrotherma...