Blue ciliates, white bacteria, red tubeworms, and black and orange basalt and iron oxides create a mesmerizing panorama at Tiny Towers - a hydrothermal vent in the International District vent field on top of Axial volcano! We were poking around to find th
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
