2010-06-29	00:20:35	okeanosexplorer	 The ROV "little hercules" is in the water. The first ROV deployment of the INDEX SATAL 2010 mission is now underway.
2010-06-29	00:29:30	marzamarzuki	 This is a test of the Jakarta iChat.  Anyone getting this?
2010-06-29	00:29:41	craigrussell	 Confirmed.
2010-06-29	00:30:35	okeanosexplorer	 okeanos here, good to have you online Jakarta
2010-06-29	00:41:54	marzamarzuki	 Hallo Seattle, are you there ?
2010-06-29	00:46:16	PMEL ECC	 Hi Jakarta! This is Seattle. 
2010-06-29	00:47:01	PMEL ECC	 We are online, getting the live feeds, and getting everyone here set up on the collaboration tools and websites.
2010-06-29	01:03:34	webbpinner	 This is DIVE NUMBER EX1004_LEG2_ROV01
2010-06-29	01:22:04	okeanosexplorer	 Seattle and Silver Spring ECC's, can you please type into the log who is at your respective command centres?
2010-06-29	01:22:54	craigrussell	 All  - Not only is EX1004_LEG2_ROV01 the first ROV dive for INDEX-SATAL 2010, this is the first telepresence-enabled ROV dive from the EX with scientists participating from shore. It has been several years in the making resulting from the immeasurable efforts of the entire EX program team from OAR/OER, OMAO, the private sector, academia and our colleagues and partners in exploration from Indonesia. On behalf of OER, thank you for contributing to the ongoing development of the EX - America's Ship for Ocean Exploration - and the anticipated success of INDEX-SATAL 2010.  Best wishes for a successful dive and expedition. Onward and downward! - Craig Russell, EX Program Manager, SSMC ECC
2010-06-29	01:24:19	verenatunnicliffe	 All:  It will be awkward to name Dives with EX, LEG and ROV numbers:  think of all the images, videos and data to annotate.  A unique simple number is the Hercules dive number.  Thoughts? 
2010-06-29	01:27:37	okeanosexplorer	 Verena I have passed your suggesstion along to those on the ship, a response will follow later
2010-06-29	01:38:56	kelleyelliott	 Partcipants in the Seattle ECC include: Kelley Elliott (OER), Margot Bohan (OER), David Butterfield (PMEL), Verena Tunnicliffe (UVIC), Ed Baker (PMEL), Kristine Kosinski (UH), Eleanor (Ellie) Bors (WHOI), Ridge Liepins (PMEL), and Jim Anderson (PMEL).
2010-06-29	01:39:49	santiagoherrera	 All: I am happy to be joining in from my lab, with continuous phone contact to the Seattle ECC, ROV video and audio from the ROV control van.  -Tim Shank 
2010-06-29	01:45:22	craigrussell	 Great to have you online, Tim. -Craig Russell
2010-06-29	01:47:06	davebutterfield545	 Proposed CTD way points: start 125 3'51.96", 4 40'18"
2010-06-29	01:47:34	davebutterfield545	 CTD way point 2 125 05'00", 4 40'26"
2010-06-29	01:48:48	davebutterfield545	 Goal is to start with vertical at way point 1, then move from 1 to 2 raising and lowering the CTD (to within about 40m of the seafloor and back up to 1600m
2010-06-29	01:51:11	davebutterfield545	 Seattle note: Ridge and Jim have made some progress with the video recording. The hardware has limitations and at this time will record  a jerky image.
2010-06-29	01:54:01	marzamarzuki	 ECC Jakarta uses DVR from pioneer to have standard def recorder and slingbox to sent the streaming from internet-2 to internet-1
2010-06-29	01:57:11	davebutterfield545	 Is the input to your DVR the HDMI from the VLC source?
2010-06-29	01:58:54	okeanosexplorer	 Update from the Okeanos Explorer: local EX time is 1000. We are continuing our descent over the summit of Kawio Barat. We are currently at a depth of 1850m and expect to reach the bottom shortly.
2010-06-29	02:01:04	marzamarzuki	 Our DVR input is from slingbox, slingbox input is from S-Video output computer
2010-06-29	02:20:25	okeanosexplorer	 Update from the Okeanos Explorer: local EX time is 1020. We have reached the seafloor on the western flank of Kawio Barat
2010-06-29	02:21:22	okeanosexplorer	 surrent depth is 2353m
2010-06-29	02:21:23	davebutterfield545	 ROV on bottom, depth 3
2010-06-29	02:21:24	davebutterfield545	 6
2010-06-29	02:21:50	okeanosexplorer	 current depth is 2353m
2010-06-29	02:22:03	davebutterfield545	 ROV on bottom, depth 2353
2010-06-29	02:23:08	okeanosexplorer	 shrimp spotted swimming above the seafloor
2010-06-29	02:23:52	santiagoherrera	 looks really cemented  -ts
2010-06-29	02:24:14	verenatunnicliffe	 Bottom is sediment with mottled suface; scaour around large rock
2010-06-29	02:24:59	verenatunnicliffe	 Loose rubble on sediment
2010-06-29	02:25:35	verenatunnicliffe	 2351m depth Hdg 114
2010-06-29	02:26:28	verenatunnicliffe	 Visibility very good
2010-06-29	02:26:56	okeanosexplorer	 We are boosting the video qualty of all 3 channels going t shore
2010-06-29	02:27:20	okeanosexplorer	 hourly ftp transfers will be lost during ROV Ops
2010-06-29	02:28:12	okeanosexplorer	 We are slowly progressing upslope at a heading of 83
2010-06-29	02:28:46	okeanosexplorer	 bottom has changed from sediment to large rocks
2010-06-29	02:29:50	okeanosexplorer	 corals on the seafloor
2010-06-29	02:30:00	verenatunnicliffe	 Corals:  whips, and soft corals;  brisingid seastar
2010-06-29	02:30:05	santiagoherrera	 few octocorals with brittle stars
2010-06-29	02:30:32	verenatunnicliffe	 Outcrop now with corals sparse; sediment drapes
2010-06-29	02:31:55	verenatunnicliffe	 Draped ridge; possible staining on outcrop
2010-06-29	02:32:22	verenatunnicliffe	 2340m; Hdg 157
2010-06-29	02:32:39	okeanosexplorer	 stopping to look at staining on rock
2010-06-29	02:33:40	santiagoherrera	 staining looks mineral, not biological -ts
2010-06-29	02:38:43	santiagoherrera	 smooth draping (volcanic sandy) flows of over "outcrops"
2010-06-29	02:39:56	verenatunnicliffe	 Altered rock
2010-06-29	02:39:58	davebutterfield545	 The white and red/orange staining on the rock is consistent with acidic alteration
2010-06-29	02:41:10	verenatunnicliffe	 tiny polyps on rocks
2010-06-29	02:42:30	verenatunnicliffe	 galatheid crab; unid pink blob with tendrils !
2010-06-29	02:44:34	verenatunnicliffe	 pillows down slope2332m
2010-06-29	02:45:06	verenatunnicliffe	 pillow tubes with gorgonians
2010-06-29	02:46:02	okeanosexplorer	 continuing to progress upslope, curret depth 2323m, heading is 37
2010-06-29	02:46:24	santiagoherrera	 branched corals on pillow
2010-06-29	02:48:38	verenatunnicliffe	 current ripples in lighter sediment drapes
2010-06-29	02:48:58	davebutterfield545	 We are not sure if the light colored material on the surface is. Could be pelagic sediment or may also have an autochthonous component, i.e. formed on the surface from hydrothermal seepage
2010-06-29	02:49:12	verenatunnicliffe	 stalked crinoid - red
2010-06-29	02:54:48	davebutterfield545	 Seattle video note: we switched Macs running stream 1 and 2. The computer originally handling stream 1 has a jerky picture. When stream 1 is sent to the other Mac, it gives a smooth video. We will keep them switched on the Seattle end.
2010-06-29	02:55:10	verenatunnicliffe	 Hdg 105; depth 2305m
2010-06-29	02:56:07	verenatunnicliffe	 brisingid asteroid
2010-06-29	02:56:40	verenatunnicliffe	 altered blocky basalts
2010-06-29	02:58:51	verenatunnicliffe	 closeup on fish
2010-06-29	02:59:18	okeanosexplorer	 Update from the Okeanos Explorer: local EX time is 1100. We have reached the seafloor on the western flank of Kawio Barat at a depth of 2350m and are progressing upslope. We are currently at a depth odf 2306m and a heading of 16. We have seen altered rock and blocky basalts, mineral staining, pillow tubes and current ripples in the sediment. Biologically we have seen a galatheid crab, a few shrimp, brittle stars, a stalked crinoid, a brisingrid asteroid, a fish and a number of different types of coral.
2010-06-29	03:01:39	verenatunnicliffe	 Back onto sedimented slope
2010-06-29	03:02:18	okeanosexplorer	 piece of wood on the seafloor
2010-06-29	03:02:38	verenatunnicliffe	 Possibly xenophyophorians?? Those moundy blobs in the sediments
2010-06-29	03:03:22	verenatunnicliffe	 Also an urchin and ?broken coral that looks like a stick of wood
2010-06-29	03:10:57	santiagoherrera	 "White gastropod" on broken coral stick
2010-06-29	03:12:09	verenatunnicliffe	 Focus on mound:  Xenophyophorans are colonies of protozoans agglutinating sediment - thus tend to be brown mounds.
2010-06-29	03:12:14	davebutterfield545	 heading 340, we are looking at a steep rocky face
2010-06-29	03:12:25	davebutterfield545	 depth 2302m
2010-06-29	03:19:14	verenatunnicliffe	 Taking a relocation break
2010-06-29	03:21:57	verenatunnicliffe	 Back down; 2241m hdg 125; block basalt outcrop.
2010-06-29	03:22:18	santiagoherrera	 What's the summit depth based on the multibeam?  We started on bottom around ~2355m- ts
2010-06-29	03:22:59	marzamarzuki	 Summit depth is roughly 1,900 m.
2010-06-29	03:23:29	okeanosexplorer	 yes roughly 1900m on our nav
2010-06-29	03:24:01	okeanosexplorer	 current depth is 2226, heading of 114
2010-06-29	03:24:34	verenatunnicliffe	 Pretty altered basalt with sediment drapes
2010-06-29	03:26:09	verenatunnicliffe	 2223m; hdg 109
2010-06-29	03:33:07	verenatunnicliffe	 Brisingid asteroi; gorgoinian on broken weathered basalts
2010-06-29	03:36:03	verenatunnicliffe	 2213m depth; Hdg 77
2010-06-29	03:37:25	verenatunnicliffe	 Sediment slope with broken pillows emerging; up to an overhanging wall.
2010-06-29	03:38:14	santiagoherrera	 Isidid coral and brisingid asteroid
2010-06-29	03:39:07	marzamarzuki	 Passing 2,200 m: large outcrops of altered basalt, light sediment cover.
2010-06-29	03:39:26	verenatunnicliffe	 Current ripples.
2010-06-29	03:40:38	santiagoherrera	 brisingids and small hydroids? on rock margin
2010-06-29	03:41:58	okeanosexplorer	 we are beginning to ascend up the slope again, depth is 2186, heading is 95
2010-06-29	03:43:44	davebutterfield545	 very steep slope with outcropping rocks and crevices
2010-06-29	03:45:51	santiagoherrera	 what's our heading now?
2010-06-29	03:46:04	okeanosexplorer	 headig is 91
2010-06-29	03:46:20	okeanosexplorer	 depth is 2165m
2010-06-29	03:48:15	okeanosexplorer	 Tim, if you have video feed #3 the depth, lat and long, and heading are in a small window to the left of the ROV nav map, if you only have one feed just ask me any time
2010-06-29	03:50:12	santiagoherrera	 Thank you.  I have one feed at a time, and tend to keep it on the camera.
2010-06-29	03:50:34	okeanosexplorer	 heading is 93, depth is 2151
2010-06-29	03:51:25	marzamarzuki	 Passing 2,150 m depth, no visible contact with bottom.
2010-06-29	03:52:32	okeanosexplorer	 We are approximately 650 metres from the crest of the summit ridge
2010-06-29	03:53:59	marzamarzuki	 Jumbled pillow basalt outcrops.
2010-06-29	03:57:17	verenatunnicliffe	 Sedimented slope. 2155 m depth
2010-06-29	04:00:15	verenatunnicliffe	 Transition to outcrop with truncated flows
2010-06-29	04:02:46	okeanosexplorer	 Depth is 2144 meters, heading 44.1
2010-06-29	04:03:11	craigrussell	 Silver Spring ECC is signing off for the day.
2010-06-29	04:05:28	santiagoherrera	 Pyroclastic sediments?
2010-06-29	04:06:55	santiagoherrera	 Dark fine-grained sediments look pyroclastic; very similar to Oden and Mata seamounts -ts
2010-06-29	04:08:35	verenatunnicliffe	 White and iron staining on basalts
2010-06-29	04:10:14	okeanosexplorer	 Dark fine grained sediments look pyroclastic with white nd iron staining on basalt
2010-06-29	04:10:23	verenatunnicliffe	 2121m depth:  macrourid over sedimented bottom.
2010-06-29	04:10:39	santiagoherrera	 Nematocarcinid shrimp
2010-06-29	04:10:49	okeanosexplorer	 A life has been spotted
2010-06-29	04:11:55	santiagoherrera	 Broken gorgonian stick with sponges? or bryozoans?
2010-06-29	04:15:30	verenatunnicliffe	 slope with current ripples and debris
2010-06-29	04:15:53	okeanosexplorer	 we are about 575 m from the crest of summit ridge, heading is 78, and the depth is 2113 m
2010-06-29	04:16:10	marzamarzuki	 Appears to be increasing amounts of pyroclastic sediment.
2010-06-29	04:19:10	santiagoherrera	 Continuing up current ripples and debris slope
2010-06-29	04:19:31	okeanosexplorer	 The depth is 2102 m, heading is 46.3
2010-06-29	04:21:47	santiagoherrera	 More pycroclastic sediments here in rock crevices
2010-06-29	04:22:08	verenatunnicliffe	 Altered basalt blocks embedded in sediments
2010-06-29	04:23:43	santiagoherrera	 Possible broken gorgonian stick down slope
2010-06-29	04:24:46	verenatunnicliffe	 Looking to see if any fluids from under the altered rocks.
2010-06-29	04:25:46	okeanosexplorer	 Zooming on the the yellow rock
2010-06-29	04:26:43	verenatunnicliffe	 Zoom into iron stain.  
2010-06-29	04:28:48	okeanosexplorer	 Zoom into iron stain
2010-06-29	04:29:13	santiagoherrera	 amphipod on iron stained rock
2010-06-29	04:30:21	verenatunnicliffe	 Possible volcanoclasitic black sand.
2010-06-29	04:30:36	okeanosexplorer	 Current depth is is 2089, heading 45.5
2010-06-29	04:37:08	santiagoherrera	 Imaging color chart on clump weight for calibration
2010-06-29	04:38:04	okeanosexplorer	 The current depth is 2075 m, checking the camera platform
2010-06-29	04:39:21	okeanosexplorer	 calibrating the camera
2010-06-29	04:42:28	okeanosexplorer	 calibration completed, continue on ROV operation
2010-06-29	04:42:45	marzamarzuki	 Finished camera color calibration, re-acquiring bottom image.
2010-06-29	04:43:06	kelleyelliott	 Great shot of Little Herc from CPHD - would make nice highlight video footage
2010-06-29	04:46:44	santiagoherrera	 Synaphobranchid eel
2010-06-29	04:48:40	santiagoherrera	 These significant puddles of pyroclastic sediment suggest some volcanic "explosions" in the past
2010-06-29	04:50:33	verenatunnicliffe	 2073m depth:  cliff of orange/altered rock with white powder cover
2010-06-29	04:51:17	santiagoherrera	 Close up of light colored rocks and volcanoclastic sediments.
2010-06-29	04:51:34	verenatunnicliffe	 Possibly pumice (Steve's thought); and black sediment is getting fresher.
2010-06-29	04:53:22	santiagoherrera	 The really yellow colored rock is pumice or all of this in general?
2010-06-29	04:54:22	okeanosexplorer	 closing up on red colored 
2010-06-29	04:54:35	okeanosexplorer	 rock
2010-06-29	04:54:40	PMEL ECC	 please highlight the previous 2 minutes of video to save
2010-06-29	04:55:03	santiagoherrera	 Good video sequence here
2010-06-29	04:56:19	kelleyelliott	 Even better CPHD footage of Little Herc for Highlights Video
2010-06-29	04:56:59	okeanosexplorer	 possible coconut shell on the seafloor
2010-06-29	04:57:24	okeanosexplorer	 proceeding upslope
2010-06-29	04:59:02	verenatunnicliffe	 2070m depth; likely strong hydrothermal alteration
2010-06-29	05:00:57	okeanosexplorer	 Okeanos explorer. The local time is 13:00, ROV is cruising at 2065 m depth, move upslope, heading  is 65 
2010-06-29	05:02:40	santiagoherrera	 pink urchin on rock
2010-06-29	05:02:57	okeanosexplorer	 We are about 470 meters from the crest of the ridge
2010-06-29	05:08:56	PMEL ECC	 yellow sulfur spherules in the sediment
2010-06-29	05:09:37	PMEL ECC	 or possibly just orange soft material...
2010-06-29	05:11:04	santiagoherrera	 Stopping to image sediment and white particles in sediment - see broken coral skeleton, pieces of ophiuroids, pteropod shells, yellow/orange "sulfur" particles (perhaps pycnogonids) 
2010-06-29	05:11:13	PMEL ECC	 looks like a fair amount of organic material in the sediment
2010-06-29	05:13:40	santiagoherrera	 local ridge crest with yellow orange streaks in sediment
2010-06-29	05:13:53	okeanosexplorer	 The depth is 2043 meters, ROV heading is 70 degree
2010-06-29	05:14:44	santiagoherrera	 I think those are barnacles on the edge of rock
2010-06-29	05:14:56	santiagoherrera	 Can we zoom in?
2010-06-29	05:15:20	verenatunnicliffe	 Yes, I agree - almost like a Neolepas
2010-06-29	05:15:48	okeanosexplorer	 The rock is zoomed in
2010-06-29	05:15:56	verenatunnicliffe	 Intense orange staining with black sediment
2010-06-29	05:16:09	santiagoherrera	 Nice video there; definitely barnacles
2010-06-29	05:21:21	okeanosexplorer	 The current depth is 2013, heading is 42 deg. 
2010-06-29	05:24:35	marzamarzuki	 Climbing altered basalt scarp at 2,000 m; extensive coverage by black pyroclastic sediment.
2010-06-29	05:27:18	marzamarzuki	 Seattle - What did you see?  I missed it.
2010-06-29	05:27:43	santiagoherrera	 Seeing small "tube worm" like structures extending from the underside of rocks- likely bryozoans or stacks of agglutinated forams  -ts
2010-06-29	05:28:25	santiagoherrera	 More barnacles.
2010-06-29	05:28:53	santiagoherrera	 Zooming in on barnacles- seeing cirri
2010-06-29	05:32:23	santiagoherrera	 Seeing 2 amphipods on "stalk" (hydroid?)
2010-06-29	05:32:51	verenatunnicliffe	 THat does look like a Neolepas barnacle. Usually related to venting.  
2010-06-29	05:34:24	santiagoherrera	 Yeah, like N. zevinea, but not much of a stalk.... -ts
2010-06-29	05:36:35	verenatunnicliffe	 Depth 1960 m.
2010-06-29	05:36:53	santiagoherrera	 What a pinnacle ridge!
2010-06-29	05:37:17	verenatunnicliffe	 Great image of a chunk of rock blown on top of ridge.
2010-06-29	05:37:54	okeanosexplorer	 the current depth is 1970, heading to 65 degree
2010-06-29	05:40:20	marzamarzuki	 Is the water getting a little milky, or is that my imagination?
2010-06-29	05:41:23	santiagoherrera	 Galatheid crab and anemone
2010-06-29	05:42:26	verenatunnicliffe	 pink alcyonaceans - clavulariid?  
2010-06-29	05:44:52	santiagoherrera	 Could those tendrils be attachment points for brachiopods?  The amphipods seems to like them....
2010-06-29	05:44:55	marzamarzuki	 Good shot from sled.
2010-06-29	05:48:10	verenatunnicliffe	 Looks hydrothermal - the yellow staining extensive on sediment.
2010-06-29	05:49:34	santiagoherrera	 water appears more cloudy- artifact of focus perhaps
2010-06-29	05:50:50	santiagoherrera	 larger ripples- higher energy here
2010-06-29	05:52:03	okeanosexplorer	 The depth is 1938 m and the heading 92 deg
2010-06-29	05:55:55	santiagoherrera	 Is that microbial mat (yellow-orange) off to port and ahead?
2010-06-29	05:56:52	santiagoherrera	 Rat tail fish
2010-06-29	05:59:38	santiagoherrera	 Turned to starboard coming upslope more or less following the yellow ripples that may extend from observed yellow "hydrothermal mat features" 
2010-06-29	06:01:38	verenatunnicliffe	 No outcrops - lots of sediment with isro staining.
2010-06-29	06:04:47	santiagoherrera	 Can we look to starboard?  Yellow fluffy mats- perhaps crab around the whole thing at this depth.  What is the vehicle depth here?
2010-06-29	06:05:18	santiagoherrera	 Yellow streaks, galatheid crab
2010-06-29	06:05:40	verenatunnicliffe	 Expecting to see some diffuse venting here; similar to parts of NW Rota.
2010-06-29	06:05:41	okeanosexplorer	 the depth is 1932 m heading is 84
2010-06-29	06:06:05	santiagoherrera	 Looks like venting on the port side!
2010-06-29	06:06:27	santiagoherrera	 Look on the other side!
2010-06-29	06:06:41	santiagoherrera	 Seeing barnacles here on stump
2010-06-29	06:07:35	santiagoherrera	 Fish, venus fly trap anemone
2010-06-29	06:07:49	okeanosexplorer	 ROV is looking on port side
2010-06-29	06:09:30	santiagoherrera	 Venus fly trap, synaphobranchus eel, coming over ridge top
2010-06-29	06:10:03	santiagoherrera	 What is the depth here at the top?
2010-06-29	06:10:19	verenatunnicliffe	 Razor-back ridge of sediment; lots of orange sediment
2010-06-29	06:10:20	okeanosexplorer	 The depth is 1922 m
2010-06-29	06:10:52	verenatunnicliffe	 Megaripples - high speeds?
2010-06-29	06:11:14	verenatunnicliffe	 white floc
2010-06-29	06:11:27	marzamarzuki	 Summit depth us just under 1,900 m.
2010-06-29	06:11:43	santiagoherrera	 Zooming in on pieces of white floc
2010-06-29	06:11:59	marzamarzuki	 Summit depth is just under 1,900 m.
2010-06-29	06:14:16	okeanosexplorer	 we are continuing upslope towards the summit, there appears to be a saddle between the ridge crest we passe over at 1922m and the peak of the summit
2010-06-29	06:14:30	okeanosexplorer	 current depth is 1921, heading is 106
2010-06-29	06:16:18	okeanosexplorer	 water appears cloudy in the pilot cam mounted above the HD camera
2010-06-29	06:18:15	okeanosexplorer	 heading is now 116
2010-06-29	06:18:21	okeanosexplorer	 depth is 1918m
2010-06-29	06:22:18	okeanosexplorer	 depth at the summit is expected to be approximately 1860-1880m
2010-06-29	06:23:56	okeanosexplorer	 We appear to be approaching the sumit heading directly into the current
2010-06-29	06:25:51	santiagoherrera	 possible white shells here- should stop and zoom in on these (just to starboard).
2010-06-29	06:27:05	verenatunnicliffe	 Definitely clam shells
2010-06-29	06:27:14	santiagoherrera	 zooming in on clam shells
2010-06-29	06:27:36	santiagoherrera	 Should image a few more here.
2010-06-29	06:27:44	verenatunnicliffe	 Seems to have pink flesh - 
2010-06-29	06:29:06	okeanosexplorer	 zooming in on clam shell #2
2010-06-29	06:29:15	santiagoherrera	 Don't see "syphons" coming out of the sediment.  Clams just on surface apparently
2010-06-29	06:29:22	okeanosexplorer	 moving on
2010-06-29	06:31:24	santiagoherrera	 How much time do we have left on bottom?
2010-06-29	06:31:51	okeanosexplorer	 approximately 45 minutes left on bottom
2010-06-29	06:32:16	verenatunnicliffe	 More white patches
2010-06-29	06:32:18	santiagoherrera	 Some of those dark rings in this area are filled in with white.  
2010-06-29	06:32:30	okeanosexplorer	 setting down to zoom in on white patches
2010-06-29	06:33:31	PMEL ECC	 Here along the summit ridge we are seeing more areas of white staining, following the appearance of sparse clams.
2010-06-29	06:33:55	PMEL ECC	 or are they mussels?
2010-06-29	06:34:46	verenatunnicliffe	 Clams scattered on surface; looking at patch of floc.
2010-06-29	06:36:06	santiagoherrera	 These are most certainly clams; I thought I saw a couple of mussel shells earlier, but other similar colored features were definitely "blobs".  Very few of these clams appear to be dead/disarticulated shells.
2010-06-29	06:39:53	santiagoherrera	 Numbers of clams are increasing. 
2010-06-29	06:40:17	verenatunnicliffe	 Look like truncated vesicomyids.
2010-06-29	06:40:45	santiagoherrera	 Can we waggle back and forth a bit to look for gradients of clams?
2010-06-29	06:44:27	santiagoherrera	 That's okay on the waggle- I wouldn't do it now.........I think I just saw mussels here too!  Some are more elongate.  Perhaps keep an eye out.
2010-06-29	06:45:47	okeanosexplorer	 sediment is almost completely white now, some yellow and black poking through
2010-06-29	06:46:18	okeanosexplorer	 approaching summit ridge from the west, heading is 90, depth is 1885m
2010-06-29	06:48:56	marzamarzuki	 The sediment looks different than what we saw before - more white and more metallic or shiny black.
2010-06-29	06:49:03	okeanosexplorer	 proceeding to the top of the ridge
2010-06-29	06:51:22	okeanosexplorer	 rocky outcrop ahead
2010-06-29	06:51:55	verenatunnicliffe	 Clams to 5 cm long - turned on laser scale (10 cm bt dots)
2010-06-29	06:54:52	okeanosexplorer	 another venus flytrap anemone
2010-06-29	06:56:33	santiagoherrera	 material on rocks one minute ago resembled actinarian anemones; galatheid crab here
2010-06-29	06:56:46	okeanosexplorer	 we have about 20 minutes of bottom time left, depth is 1863m, heading is 109
2010-06-29	06:56:54	verenatunnicliffe	 Transitioned from all sediment to mainly blocky old outcrop
2010-06-29	06:59:14	okeanosexplorer	 interesting large outcrop sticking out of ridge
2010-06-29	07:00:11	santiagoherrera	 Definitely see the plume, clams on the other side of this ridge
2010-06-29	07:00:25	okeanosexplorer	 plume has taken over our cameras!
2010-06-29	07:00:41	verenatunnicliffe	 Smoke likely from below some way
2010-06-29	07:01:58	okeanosexplorer	 proceeding back down to acquire the bottom
2010-06-29	07:02:52	santiagoherrera	 Sulfides right here.
2010-06-29	07:02:58	okeanosexplorer	 the plume was ahead of us at approximately a heading of 70
2010-06-29	07:03:10	kelleyelliott	 Another great CPHD shot of the ROV for highlights video
2010-06-29	07:05:08	okeanosexplorer	 we are trying to find the source of this plume
2010-06-29	07:05:25	okeanosexplorer	 we have approximately 10 more minutes of bottom time
2010-06-29	07:06:44	santiagoherrera	 These look like mussels.
2010-06-29	07:07:39	okeanosexplorer	 moving out to get our tether straightened out
2010-06-29	07:07:57	santiagoherrera	 Anyone else see those mussels?, some half buried in the sediment?
2010-06-29	07:08:14	verenatunnicliffe	 Very difficult to track a plume from on top!
2010-06-29	07:08:45	santiagoherrera	 Yes, need to get below the plume....
2010-06-29	07:09:50	okeanosexplorer	 we have only 5 more minutes on the bottom
2010-06-29	07:12:37	okeanosexplorer	 we've made a turn to the north to straighten the tether
2010-06-29	07:12:46	okeanosexplorer	 now waiting for the ship to reposition
2010-06-29	07:18:08	okeanosexplorer	 we are now headed back to the surface
2010-06-29	07:23:57	santiagoherrera	 Thank you all for a great first dive!  Tim.
2010-06-29	07:38:36	okeanosexplorer	 Final update for ROV dive #1: We approached the summit of Kawio Barat from the west at a depth of 2350m. We transited upslope to the east and discovered a number of features that suggested Kawio Barat is hydrothermally active. We saw many types of animals including corals, galatheid crabs, marcrouid fish, colonies of protozoans, and anemones. Later during our ascent we started to see a few clams and several burrows in the sediment sugesting hydrothermal activity. We also started seeing yellow streaks in the sediment which we followed up towards the sumit ridge. Along the way we saw a great deal of sulfur and white bacterial floc in the sediment, a greater number of clams and possibly some mussels half-buried in the sediment. Upon reaching the summit ridge we transited along it to the east and we soon became enveloped in a plume. At this point we had to back the ROV away from the plme as the ship was still moving. We then ran out of time on the bottom and proceeded back to the surface to have the ROV back on deck by 1700. The depth of the summit ridge was approximately 1880m and we are making plans to come back to locate and characterize the source of the plume. All in all an exciting and successful first dive!
2010-06-29	08:44:21	okeanosexplorer	 Update from the Okeanos Explorer: local EX time is 1745. The ROV is nearing the surface and we are preparing to bring it on board the ship. After recovery is complete we will begin CTD Ops by doing a string of casts from south to north across the summit ridge. We will be transiting between two waypoints with the CTD at 1500m deph and weill be stopping every 30 minutes to lower the CTD and look for evidence of a plume. After CTD Ops are complete we will be commencing mapping operations until 0800 tomorrow morning at which point we will dive agai at Kawio Barat.
2010-06-29	10:04:36	okeanosexplorer	 Update from the Okeanos Explorer: local EX time is 1800. We have commenced CTD operations to the south of the summit of Kawio Barat.
2010-06-29	10:31:35	okeanosexplorer	 Update from okeanos explorer : We have just put the CTD to 1957 m depth
2010-06-29	10:53:45	okeanosexplorer	 Update from okeanos : we are moving towards the next ctd cast point
2010-06-29	10:54:33	okeanosexplorer	 The EX time is 18:55
2010-06-29	12:46:01	okeanosexplorer	 Update from the Okeanos Explorer: local EX time is 2100. We have completed CTD operations for the day. We did a total of 3 casts, one of which was approximtely directly over thhe summit and picked up a strong plume signal, another cast was south of the summit and picked up a weaker plume signal, and the final cast was north of the summit and no signal could be detected.