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Axial Seamount Expedition 2015: Pressure Dive
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Axial Seamount Expedition 2015. ROV Jason and AUV Sentry Seattle-Seattle, August 14-29. Saturday August 22, 2015. Overcast skies with calm wind and seas (finally! What’s happening today? Axial Seamount 2015 Expedition video describing the various kinds of pressure measurements being conducted on this cruise to measure inflation and deflation of the volcano. Video by Jesse Crowell in association with Saskia Madlener at 77th Parallel Productions. Music by James Andrew Menking. Photo of a mini-pressure reco...
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Axial Seamount Expedition 2015: AUV Sentry
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Axial Seamount Expedition 2015. ROV Jason and AUV Sentry Seattle-Seattle, August 14-29. Sunday, 16 August 2015. Axial Seamount 2015 Expedition video of AUV Sentry and Dr. Dana Yoeger’s perspectives on the evolution of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles. Video by Jesse Crowell in association with Saskia Madlener at 77th Parallel Productions. Music by James Andrew Menking. Bathymetric map of Axial Seamount caldera and north rift zone, with 2015 lava flows outlined with black lines. Diagram of multibeam sonar i...
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Axial Seamount Expedition 2015: Cruise Success
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Axial Seamount Expedition 2015. ROV Jason and AUV Sentry Seattle-Seattle, August 14-29. Saturday August 29, 2015. Axial Seamount 2015 Expedition video summary of the highlights and results from the expedition. Video by Jesse Crowell in association with Saskia Madlener at 77th Parallel Productions. Music: "Arboles by Podington Bear, https:/ freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington Bear/Encouraging/Arboles. Bathymetric map of Axial Caldera and hydrothermal vent fields visited during dive J2-825. The remote acc...
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Axial Seamount Expedition 2015: Last 2 Jason Dives
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Axial Seamount Expedition 2015. ROV Jason and AUV Sentry Seattle-Seattle, August 14-29. Last 2 Jason Dives. August 28, 2015. Bright but overcast skies with calm wind (approximately 10 knots) and calm seas. What’s happening today? Last night the last ROV Jason dive of the cruise ended by looking at 2015 lavas of the NRZ at midnight. We’re currently in transit back to Seattle, with an expected arrival at the University of Washington dock at 10 AM Saturday August 29. Last 2 Jason Dives. Pillow lavas (left) ...
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Axial Seamount Expedition 2015: Myth-Busting
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Axial Seamount Expedition 2015. ROV Jason and AUV Sentry Seattle-Seattle, August 14-29. Thursday August 20, 2015. Winds and seas have been gradually easing and are expected to be 15-20 knots with waves at 4-6 ft. What’s happening today? 1 Will the eruption of Axial Seamount have any effect on geologic activity on the west coast, for example does it make a large earthquake more likely? Map of Axial Seamount on the Juan de Fuca Ridge and the tectonic plates in the NE Pacific. Cross section (side view) of A...
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Axial Seamount Expedition 2015: Detecting Deformation
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Axial Seamount Expedition 2015. ROV Jason and AUV Sentry Seattle-Seattle, August 14-29. Sunday August 23, 2015. Bright but overcast skies with calm wind and seas. What’s happening today? The Jason pressure dive continues for the second day. This morning the SCPR (Self Calibrating Pressure Recorder) was recovered, after two years on the seafloor. This afternoon AUV Sentry will be recovered after nearly 24 hours of mapping in the caldera. Image of MBARI’s AUV D. Allan B. Maps of 2011 Axial Seamount lava fl...
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Axial Seamount Expedition 2015: Forecasting Eruptions
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Axial Seamount Expedition 2015. ROV Jason and AUV Sentry Seattle-Seattle, August 14-29. Tuesday August 25, 2015. Overcast skies with calm winds (less than 15 knots) and relatively calm seas (swells of 6-8 ft). What’s happening today? ROV Jason continues with the last stages of the pressure dive and has resumed collecting fluid samples where hydrothermal vents are near pressure benchmarks. AUV Sentry continued mapping the caldera, then was recovered at this afternoon. A critical piece of information to th...
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Axial Seamount Expedition 2015: Facilitating Science
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Axial Seamount Expedition 2015. ROV Jason and AUV Sentry Seattle-Seattle, August 14-29. Tuesday August 25, 2015. Axial Seamount 2015 Expedition video showing how the R/V Thompson supports all the various science operations at sea. Video by Jesse Crowell in association with Saskia Madlener at 77th Parallel Productions. Music by James Andrew Menking. R/V Thompson in port on Friday August 14, 2015 just prior to departing Seattle, WA. Chief Mate Bree Ogden- Bennett on the bridge of the R/V Thompson. In some ...
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Axial Seamount Expedition 2015: Second Jason Dive
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Axial Seamount Expedition 2015. ROV Jason and AUV Sentry Seattle-Seattle, August 14-29. Friday August 21, 2015. Map showing the track of Jason dive J2-822 in Axial Caldera. Fig 1-Marker 33 Vent area where the fluid sampler incubator samples were collected. Fig 2-Jason prepares to sample vent fluids at El Guapo chimney in the International District vent field. Fig 3-Edge of the 2015 lava flow in the NE caldera. Fig 4-The edge of a collapse area in the 2015 lava with lava pillars and drainout structures.
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Axial Seamount Expedition 2015: Skyping from Sea
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Axial Seamount Expedition 2015. ROV Jason and AUV Sentry Seattle-Seattle, August 14-29. Monday August 24, 2015. Bright but overcast skies with moderate wind (5-15 knots) and relatively calm seas (swells of 6-8 ft). What’s happening today? Chemist Dave Butterfield (Univ Washington/NOAA), geologist Bill Chadwick (Oregon State University/NOAA, and microbiologist Jim Holden (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) talk via Skype video connection with students at Lindhurst High School in Marysville, CA. In a co...