Gassy push cores! When taking sediment samples in an area saturated with naturally occurring methane (as guest PI Laura Lapham did at Southern Hydrate Ridge) the gas expands and bubbles out of the mud as you approach the surface. At depth, the methane can
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, superheated hydrothermal fluid underneath the ledge, where it forms a shimmering pool before escaping upwa
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 cruise. 50-100 of them came straight up to the ship and some were surfing on the bow wake. It was amazing!
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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 shipboard safety briefing from the crew of the R/V Atlantis. Now we're ready for the next two weeks of OOI work
