2010-07-02 00:17:29 okeanosexplorer Vehicles in the water 2010-07-02 00:31:56 okeanosexplorer Update from the okeanos explorer: the science meeting today will be pushed back to 0930 EX time. Please take a look at the newly created bathymetry for tomorrow's dive target and begin to formulate a dive and CTD sampling plan. 2010-07-02 01:06:40 okeanosexplorer current depth is 1000m as we contnue our descent to 1600m 2010-07-02 01:14:27 verenatunnicliffe This is Dive EX1004L2-ROVdive-4 (pls confirm) 2010-07-02 01:17:33 okeanosexplorer correct, this is EX1004_Leg2_ROV-04 2010-07-02 01:21:53 timothyshank Event logger test- Tim Shank is online 2010-07-02 01:30:31 santiagoherrera Santiago Herrera, Elizabeth Sibert, Catriona Munro and Jill McDermott at WHOI are online 2010-07-02 01:31:05 verenatunnicliffe On Bottom 2010-07-02 01:31:39 okeanosexplorer ROV has reached the bottom, depth of 1611m, heading of 37 2010-07-02 01:31:50 timothyshank Pelagic sandy bottom 2010-07-02 01:31:54 kristinekosinski GEFN0001 start 2010-07-02 01:32:07 santiagoherrera Seattle ECC could you please call us at 508-289-3761 2010-07-02 01:34:21 okeanosexplorer performing white balance on cameras 2010-07-02 01:38:55 okeanosexplorer continuing exploration of bottom 2010-07-02 01:44:45 verenatunnicliffe Shrimp on a sponge - probably hexactinellids 2010-07-02 01:44:53 PMEL ECC db: we have started on a knoll on the south side of the feature "target 2" . at a depth of 1610 m. We will angle down in a traverse to the east and then move up the steepest part of the slope to the summit. 2010-07-02 01:45:40 PMEL ECC Seattle recording video on disk SD2 for this dive 2010-07-02 01:53:57 santiagoherrera WHOI recording video on disk INDEX dive EX1004_LEG2_ROV04 2010-07-02 01:55:28 okeanosexplorer setting a course due east to a target at 1665m depth 2010-07-02 01:56:42 okeanosexplorer current depth is 1610m, heading is now 70 2010-07-02 01:56:56 PMEL ECC The bottom is covered in thick light-colored sediment with slightly rough, pocked surface 2010-07-02 01:57:02 PMEL ECC gouge mark in sediment 2010-07-02 01:58:18 verenatunnicliffe Large scour marks - likely manmade. 2010-07-02 01:58:18 PMEL ECC possibly dredge marks 2010-07-02 02:00:44 timothyshank shrimp with escape maneuver 2010-07-02 02:02:27 kristinekosinski GEFN0001 stop 2010-07-02 02:02:40 kristinekosinski GEFN0002 start 2010-07-02 02:05:49 timothyshank Perhaps seeing a sponge on the top of a zoanthid 2010-07-02 02:07:59 santiagoherrera maybe zoanthids growing on the stalk of the sponge? 2010-07-02 02:08:25 timothyshank Or more correctly stated, zoanthids growing on the a sponge :-) 2010-07-02 02:09:38 okeanosexplorer current depth is 1608m, heading is 39 2010-07-02 02:18:14 timothyshank were those bryozoans and a sponge stalk? 2010-07-02 02:18:48 santiagoherrera stalk of a dead sponge with white barnacles and pink crustaceans on it 2010-07-02 02:20:08 timothyshank I think there were also bryozoans on the top of that sponge stalk, along with an amphipod mid way up 2010-07-02 02:20:56 verenatunnicliffe Apparently a tonguefish: symphuridae 2010-07-02 02:21:47 timothyshank In addition to the tonguefish, also seeing a xenophyophores in the area 2010-07-02 02:24:29 okeanosexplorer current depth is 1615m, heading is 45 2010-07-02 02:24:34 timothyshank also passing over ophiuroids during this traverse 2010-07-02 02:24:42 santiagoherrera burrows 2010-07-02 02:24:45 okeanosexplorer urrows in the sediment 2010-07-02 02:24:51 okeanosexplorer burrows 2010-07-02 02:25:05 santiagoherrera shrimp 2010-07-02 02:25:40 timothyshank Does anyone have a bead on the direction and strength of the currents so far on this dive? 2010-07-02 02:26:03 santiagoherrera trawl marks? 2010-07-02 02:26:29 okeanosexplorer not much current at all it appears 2010-07-02 02:27:18 santiagoherrera urchin 2010-07-02 02:27:21 timothyshank Are the dark fragments in the sediment urchin spines? 2010-07-02 02:27:41 santiagoherrera ophiuroid on the urchin 2010-07-02 02:27:43 timothyshank ophiuroid on urchin 2010-07-02 02:29:13 timothyshank ophiocreas-looking ophiuroid 2010-07-02 02:29:58 timothyshank sometimes see juvenile fish in the same position as that ophiuroid 2010-07-02 02:30:25 santiagoherrera urchin ~20cm in diameter 2010-07-02 02:32:06 santiagoherrera stalked sponge 2010-07-02 02:32:22 timothyshank with zoanthids on the stalk 2010-07-02 02:32:35 kristinekosinski GEFN0002 stop 2010-07-02 02:32:51 kristinekosinski GEFN0003 start 2010-07-02 02:33:50 santiagoherrera stalked sponge 2010-07-02 02:34:50 santiagoherrera ophiuroid on sediment 2010-07-02 02:35:13 santiagoherrera burrows 2010-07-02 02:36:33 santiagoherrera ophiuroid on sediment 2010-07-02 02:41:15 santiagoherrera burrow 2010-07-02 02:42:04 santiagoherrera burrow 2010-07-02 02:45:26 santiagoherrera leaf? 2010-07-02 02:45:31 santiagoherrera ophiuroid on sediment 2010-07-02 02:49:07 santiagoherrera stalked sponge 2010-07-02 02:49:13 santiagoherrera with zooanthids 2010-07-02 02:49:22 santiagoherrera zoanthids 2010-07-02 02:51:36 okeanosexplorer current depth is 1630m, heading is 95 2010-07-02 02:51:55 okeanosexplorer temp is 3.77 degC 2010-07-02 02:52:40 santiagoherrera burrows 2010-07-02 02:53:49 santiagoherrera dead sponge stalk with zoanthids 2010-07-02 03:00:52 santiagoherrera Large shrimp with bifurcating appendages on top of sponge, smaller shrimp also on the sponge 2010-07-02 03:02:41 kristinekosinski GEFN0003 stop 2010-07-02 03:02:56 kristinekosinski GEFN0004 start 2010-07-02 03:03:34 santiagoherrera the sponge was HUGE 2010-07-02 03:03:46 santiagoherrera ~50cm long 2010-07-02 03:04:05 santiagoherrera probably growing on stalk of another dead sponge 2010-07-02 03:04:28 santiagoherrera also a barnacle appeared to be living on the stalk 2010-07-02 03:05:03 santiagoherrera nice imagery from the camera looking down on the ROV 2010-07-02 03:06:14 santiagoherrera burrow 2010-07-02 03:08:06 santiagoherrera burrows 2010-07-02 03:08:18 santiagoherrera tracks 2010-07-02 03:08:36 santiagoherrera tracks made by urchin 2010-07-02 03:08:46 santiagoherrera shrimp 2010-07-02 03:09:00 okeanosexplorer urchin making tracks on the seafloor 2010-07-02 03:10:11 okeanosexplorer current depth is 1642m, heading is 13 2010-07-02 03:10:22 okeanosexplorer pretty gentle slope down at the moment 2010-07-02 03:10:41 okeanosexplorer seafloor still primarily pelagic sediment 2010-07-02 03:10:53 okeanosexplorer plenty of burrows 2010-07-02 03:12:46 santiagoherrera ophiuroid 2010-07-02 03:14:04 santiagoherrera asteroid? 2010-07-02 03:14:10 santiagoherrera burrow 2010-07-02 03:17:09 santiagoherrera red crab close-up 2010-07-02 03:17:49 santiagoherrera relatively strong current 2010-07-02 03:20:12 timothyshank interesting red crab-just caught the end of the video sequence- pacific Aegla sp? 2010-07-02 03:20:46 okeanosexplorer pilot shift change 2010-07-02 03:22:25 santiagoherrera ophiuroid 2010-07-02 03:22:41 santiagoherrera urchin (deep purple) 2010-07-02 03:23:56 santiagoherrera dead sponge stalk with zoanthids 2010-07-02 03:24:21 okeanosexplorer current depth of 1654m, heading is 77 2010-07-02 03:24:34 okeanosexplorer increased speed to 0.3 knots 2010-07-02 03:25:57 santiagoherrera crab 2010-07-02 03:26:19 santiagoherrera pennatulacean 2010-07-02 03:28:13 santiagoherrera sponge 2010-07-02 03:28:47 santiagoherrera stalked sponge 2010-07-02 03:32:08 kristinekosinski GEFN0004 stop 2010-07-02 03:32:23 kristinekosinski GEFN0005 start 2010-07-02 03:35:11 santiagoherrera stalked sponge 2010-07-02 03:35:29 santiagoherrera dead sponge stalk with zoanthids 2010-07-02 03:39:08 santiagoherrera sediment 2010-07-02 03:40:20 santiagoherrera stalked sponge with zoanthids 2010-07-02 03:43:59 santiagoherrera burrows 2010-07-02 03:46:14 santiagoherrera sponge 2010-07-02 03:46:39 timothyshank ophiuroid 2010-07-02 03:47:10 timothyshank amphipods 2010-07-02 03:47:38 santiagoherrera glass sponge 2010-07-02 03:48:39 okeanosexplorer plotting a new course to the SE 2010-07-02 03:49:18 okeanosexplorer we are heading to a depth of 1700m to the tip of a ridge flank to the souteast of target 1 2010-07-02 03:49:22 santiagoherrera stalked sponge 2010-07-02 03:49:27 timothyshank white ophiuroids 2010-07-02 03:49:32 santiagoherrera tripod fish 2010-07-02 03:49:43 timothyshank tripod fish next to stalked sponge 2010-07-02 03:49:52 okeanosexplorer estimated travel time to target #2 is 50 minutes 2010-07-02 03:50:00 okeanosexplorer travelling at 0.3 knots 2010-07-02 03:50:18 PMEL ECC CTD stations for Naung following this dive: 2010-07-02 03:50:52 PMEL ECC 1. 125deg22min13secE, 3deg46min41secN 2010-07-02 03:51:14 PMEL ECC depth of station 1 is 600m 2010-07-02 03:52:15 PMEL ECC 2. 125deg22min18secE, 3deg46min33secN, 624m depth 2010-07-02 03:52:49 timothyshank xenos 2010-07-02 03:53:50 PMEL ECC 3. 125deg22min27secE, 3deg46min26secN, 533m depth 2010-07-02 03:54:05 santiagoherrera ophiuroid 2010-07-02 03:54:19 PMEL ECC 4. 125deg22min44secE, 3deg46min18secN, 802m depth 2010-07-02 03:54:50 PMEL ECC Please start on CTD station 1 and get as far as possible in the time available. 2010-07-02 03:55:51 santiagoherrera urchin 2010-07-02 03:57:33 okeanosexplorer John has lunch break, Xerandy on watch right now 2010-07-02 03:57:37 santiagoherrera ophiuroid 2010-07-02 03:58:18 santiagoherrera ophiuroid 2010-07-02 03:58:22 santiagoherrera dead sponge? 2010-07-02 03:58:55 santiagoherrera xenophyophores 2010-07-02 04:00:00 santiagoherrera xenophyophores 2010-07-02 04:01:28 timothyshank seeing very few trails and holothurians; seems like small white stalked sponges and xenos are most abundant 2010-07-02 04:01:54 santiagoherrera agree 2010-07-02 04:02:10 timothyshank Little change in seafloor relief or composition since departing on SE track 2010-07-02 04:02:22 kristinekosinski GEFN0005 stop 2010-07-02 04:02:26 timothyshank stalked sponge 2010-07-02 04:02:37 kristinekosinski GEFN0006 start 2010-07-02 04:03:52 santiagoherrera xenophyophores 2010-07-02 04:04:22 santiagoherrera ophiuroid 2010-07-02 04:04:24 okeanosexplorer The EX local time is 12:00, current depth is 1693 m, progress for southeasth tracking 2010-07-02 04:04:31 santiagoherrera ophiuroids 2010-07-02 04:04:34 santiagoherrera xenophyophores 2010-07-02 04:05:03 timothyshank thinking low sedimentation rates here 2010-07-02 04:05:46 santiagoherrera urching (dark purple) 2010-07-02 04:05:51 santiagoherrera uchin 2010-07-02 04:05:59 santiagoherrera URCHIN 2010-07-02 04:07:20 santiagoherrera ophiuroids 2010-07-02 04:07:33 timothyshank some relief here with a crinoid? 2010-07-02 04:08:05 santiagoherrera xenophyophore 2010-07-02 04:08:30 santiagoherrera urchin 2010-07-02 04:11:30 timothyshank ophiuroids 2010-07-02 04:12:13 timothyshank xenos 2010-07-02 04:12:45 santiagoherrera ophiuroid 2010-07-02 04:12:51 timothyshank larger ophiuroids 2010-07-02 04:13:14 santiagoherrera anemone? cup coral? 2010-07-02 04:13:28 santiagoherrera crab 2010-07-02 04:14:52 okeanosexplorer We are still on the way downslope to south east, current depth is 1701 m on about 0.3 knot ship speed 2010-07-02 04:15:11 timothyshank stalked sponges, xenos, ophiuroids 2010-07-02 04:16:00 santiagoherrera glass sponge 2010-07-02 04:19:09 santiagoherrera sponge with amphipods? 2010-07-02 04:20:03 santiagoherrera tunicate 2010-07-02 04:21:41 santiagoherrera crinoid 2010-07-02 04:22:15 timothyshank hard bottom (wood?) with coral? brisingid? 2010-07-02 04:24:53 okeanosexplorer The local EX time is 12:20,. The current depth 1704m The ROV heading is 137. ROV is about 170 m to the target#2 or about 20 minutes 2010-07-02 04:28:50 santiagoherrera mound 2010-07-02 04:29:09 santiagoherrera xenophyophore 2010-07-02 04:29:17 santiagoherrera tunicate 2010-07-02 04:29:24 santiagoherrera crinoid 2010-07-02 04:30:51 santiagoherrera burrow 2010-07-02 04:31:47 santiagoherrera shrimp 2010-07-02 04:32:29 kristinekosinski GEFN0006 stop 2010-07-02 04:32:41 santiagoherrera xenophyophore 2010-07-02 04:32:43 kristinekosinski GEFN0007 start 2010-07-02 04:32:55 santiagoherrera rocks 2010-07-02 04:33:13 santiagoherrera lots of rocks! 2010-07-02 04:33:27 santiagoherrera isidid 2010-07-02 04:33:58 santiagoherrera crioids 2010-07-02 04:34:07 santiagoherrera crinoids 2010-07-02 04:34:16 santiagoherrera isidids 2010-07-02 04:34:17 okeanosexplorer Sea floor changes from sands sediments to rocks drastically 2010-07-02 04:37:55 santiagoherrera isidids and crinoids on rocks (probably same ones) 2010-07-02 04:40:49 santiagoherrera more crinoids 2010-07-02 04:40:56 santiagoherrera sea fan 2010-07-02 04:41:44 santiagoherrera crysogorgiid? 2010-07-02 04:43:02 santiagoherrera dead isidid skeleton with galatheid crabs and ophiuroids on top 2010-07-02 04:43:10 santiagoherrera also hydroids 2010-07-02 04:43:42 santiagoherrera couple of those dead colonies 2010-07-02 04:43:49 santiagoherrera anemone 2010-07-02 04:43:57 okeanosexplorer The locl EX time is 12:40, ROV now moves upslope, following the rocks path, heading to the north. The current depth is 1682 2010-07-02 04:44:33 santiagoherrera black corals (whips) 2010-07-02 04:47:20 santiagoherrera chrysogorgiid 2010-07-02 04:47:33 santiagoherrera purple octocoral 2010-07-02 04:47:53 santiagoherrera Paramuricids with ophiuroids 2010-07-02 04:51:27 santiagoherrera about 4 or 6 colonies of the Paramuricid corals 2010-07-02 04:52:59 santiagoherrera strong current 2010-07-02 04:53:50 santiagoherrera white crab on rock 2010-07-02 04:54:08 santiagoherrera more skeletons of dead isidids 2010-07-02 04:57:30 okeanosexplorer ROV experience a downstream currents so that it is hard to handle the ROV in stable state 2010-07-02 04:58:12 santiagoherrera spot with abundant sesile fauna on exposed basalt: dead isidids, Paramuricids, Chrysogorgids, Unknown purple coral), antipatharians, stalked crinoids, anemones, sponges 2010-07-02 05:00:19 santiagoherrera large numbers of associates on corals: ophiuroids (Asterochema?), galatheid crabs, especially abundant on dead isidid skeletons 2010-07-02 05:02:35 kristinekosinski GEFN0007 stop 2010-07-02 05:02:50 kristinekosinski GEFN0008 start 2010-07-02 05:07:19 santiagoherrera large shrimp next to chrysogorgiid 2010-07-02 05:13:01 santiagoherrera still trying to get a good close-up look at the corals/associates 2010-07-02 05:14:56 santiagoherrera galatheid crabs on rocks 2010-07-02 05:15:30 santiagoherrera small purple soft corals 2010-07-02 05:17:11 santiagoherrera white paragorgiid? 2010-07-02 05:17:51 santiagoherrera moving on 2010-07-02 05:18:03 santiagoherrera crinoids 2010-07-02 05:18:57 santiagoherrera dead isidid skeletons (whip-like) 2010-07-02 05:19:34 santiagoherrera strong downward current 2010-07-02 05:20:54 santiagoherrera antipatharians (whips) 2010-07-02 05:20:58 santiagoherrera anemones 2010-07-02 05:21:15 santiagoherrera chrisogorgiids 2010-07-02 05:22:00 santiagoherrera crinoid (bright red) 2010-07-02 05:23:05 santiagoherrera sponges? (stalked) 2010-07-02 05:24:38 santiagoherrera Iridogorgia (live!) 2010-07-02 05:24:49 santiagoherrera crinoids 2010-07-02 05:25:43 okeanosexplorer The local EX time is 14:35. After trying hard for a better close up on purple and yellow corals, the ROV keep moving upslope. Curret depth is 1664 meters, heading is 9.4 2010-07-02 05:26:01 santiagoherrera isidid skeletons 2010-07-02 05:26:38 santiagoherrera crinoids on isidid skeleton 2010-07-02 05:27:07 santiagoherrera ophiuroid on sediment 2010-07-02 05:28:43 santiagoherrera glass sponge 2010-07-02 05:29:22 santiagoherrera isidid whip (live) 2010-07-02 05:29:30 santiagoherrera crinoids 2010-07-02 05:30:37 santiagoherrera at least 3 different morphs of crinoids (bright red, light brown 2010-07-02 05:30:58 santiagoherrera large isidid whips 2x 2010-07-02 05:31:07 santiagoherrera crinoids 2010-07-02 05:32:21 kristinekosinski GEFN0008 stop 2010-07-02 05:32:36 kristinekosinski GEFN0009 start 2010-07-02 05:32:55 santiagoherrera crinoids 2010-07-02 05:33:08 santiagoherrera chimera 2010-07-02 05:34:57 santiagoherrera Iridogorgia 2010-07-02 05:35:57 santiagoherrera Iridogorgia 2010-07-02 05:36:02 santiagoherrera crinoid 2010-07-02 05:36:24 santiagoherrera crinoids 2010-07-02 05:36:41 santiagoherrera isidid 2010-07-02 05:36:53 santiagoherrera crionoids 2010-07-02 05:36:56 santiagoherrera antipatharian 2010-07-02 05:37:09 santiagoherrera isidid whips 2010-07-02 05:37:28 santiagoherrera asteroid on sediment 2010-07-02 05:38:19 santiagoherrera crinoids 2010-07-02 05:39:36 santiagoherrera another one of the large orange/pink sponges (with crinoid on stalk) 2010-07-02 05:40:07 santiagoherrera crinoids 2010-07-02 05:40:25 santiagoherrera antipatharian 2010-07-02 05:40:45 santiagoherrera crab 2010-07-02 05:41:38 santiagoherrera isidid whip 2010-07-02 05:42:08 santiagoherrera isidid whip 2010-07-02 05:42:33 santiagoherrera crinoids 2010-07-02 05:43:05 santiagoherrera small sea fan with associate 2010-07-02 05:43:37 santiagoherrera crysogorgiid 2010-07-02 05:43:40 santiagoherrera shrimp 2010-07-02 05:43:56 okeanosexplorer Sediments with some outcrop rocks somewhere on sea floor 2010-07-02 05:44:12 santiagoherrera antipatharian whips 2010-07-02 05:44:18 santiagoherrera crinoids 2010-07-02 05:44:29 santiagoherrera crysogorgiid 2010-07-02 05:44:59 santiagoherrera shrimp 2010-07-02 05:45:07 santiagoherrera isidid whip 2010-07-02 05:45:11 santiagoherrera crinoid 2010-07-02 05:45:30 santiagoherrera shrimp 2010-07-02 05:45:36 santiagoherrera crinoids (red) 2010-07-02 05:45:58 santiagoherrera large isidids (whips) 2010-07-02 05:46:25 timothyshank Is the tip o fhis bifuracted? 2010-07-02 05:46:35 santiagoherrera actually, is just one LONG one 2010-07-02 05:47:00 timothyshank No, it's not. Excellent. 2010-07-02 05:47:39 santiagoherrera anemone 2010-07-02 05:47:45 santiagoherrera isidid skeleton 2010-07-02 05:48:47 santiagoherrera crinoids 2010-07-02 05:48:51 verenatunnicliffe Depth 1645m Hdg 358 2010-07-02 05:49:26 okeanosexplorer Current EX time is 13:50, the current depth is 1647m, heading to 350 2010-07-02 05:49:29 verenatunnicliffe Climbing southeast ridge to summit; diminishing rock outcrop 2010-07-02 05:50:16 santiagoherrera antipatharian whip 2010-07-02 05:50:55 santiagoherrera close-up on crinoid 2010-07-02 05:51:28 timothyshank cromatulid crinoid 2010-07-02 05:51:58 PMEL ECC clearly a highlight to save for video 2010-07-02 05:52:33 timothyshank Great video of bubble gum -looking coral 2010-07-02 05:52:50 santiagoherrera yeah, agree, seems like a Paragorgiid 2010-07-02 05:53:02 santiagoherrera with Asterochema? on it 2010-07-02 05:53:07 timothyshank No animals living on it, right? 2010-07-02 05:53:44 timothyshank Yes, ophiuroid living on this coral 2010-07-02 05:53:45 santiagoherrera ophiuroids, at least 3 2010-07-02 05:56:03 santiagoherrera NOTE pink Paragorgid, possibly Paragorgia coralloides? 2010-07-02 05:56:58 santiagoherrera close-up on crinoid 2010-07-02 05:57:56 santiagoherrera crysogorgiid on base of rock 2010-07-02 05:58:18 santiagoherrera shrimp on sediment 2010-07-02 05:58:45 santiagoherrera sponges 2010-07-02 05:59:29 santiagoherrera mound 2010-07-02 05:59:36 santiagoherrera on sediment 2010-07-02 06:00:05 santiagoherrera transition from exposed rocks into sediment, moving downslope 2010-07-02 06:02:27 kristinekosinski GEFN0009 stop 2010-07-02 06:02:35 verenatunnicliffe Light flocculated sediment; highly bioturbates with Xenophyophorans 2010-07-02 06:02:48 kristinekosinski GEFN0010 start 2010-07-02 06:05:23 santiagoherrera burrow 2010-07-02 06:05:38 santiagoherrera ophiuroid 2010-07-02 06:05:59 santiagoherrera whip coral 2010-07-02 06:06:18 verenatunnicliffe Little outcrop left 2010-07-02 06:06:36 okeanosexplorer The local EX time is 14:05, current depth is 1650 m heading to 16 deg, progress for upslope 2010-07-02 06:06:55 timothyshank ophiuroids 2010-07-02 06:07:08 santiagoherrera burrow 2010-07-02 06:07:33 santiagoherrera xenophyophores 2010-07-02 06:08:26 santiagoherrera moving fast 2010-07-02 06:08:27 timothyshank shrimp 2010-07-02 06:08:34 santiagoherrera sponge 2010-07-02 06:09:06 santiagoherrera sponge 2010-07-02 06:10:08 santiagoherrera sponge 2010-07-02 06:13:11 santiagoherrera crab 2010-07-02 06:13:18 verenatunnicliffe Current ripples; 1629 m depth 2010-07-02 06:15:36 santiagoherrera chrysogorgiids??? 2010-07-02 06:15:46 santiagoherrera on small rocks 2010-07-02 06:15:55 timothyshank Yes, looked likeit 2010-07-02 06:17:03 santiagoherrera rocks on sight 2010-07-02 06:17:32 santiagoherrera chrysogorgiid 2010-07-02 06:18:02 santiagoherrera turned back into sediment :( 2010-07-02 06:18:08 timothyshank mottled seafloor again 2010-07-02 06:18:11 timothyshank ophiuroids 2010-07-02 06:18:18 timothyshank sponge 2010-07-02 06:18:47 santiagoherrera isidid skeleton 2010-07-02 06:18:51 timothyshank burrowed sediments are lighter in color- can see near opening 2010-07-02 06:19:08 santiagoherrera chrysogorgiids on small rocks 2010-07-02 06:19:11 timothyshank hard bottom substrate for bamboos 2010-07-02 06:19:50 timothyshank white ophiuroids; lighter sediments around open burrows 2010-07-02 06:21:17 santiagoherrera sediment 2010-07-02 06:23:51 santiagoherrera ophiuroid with long and many legs? 2010-07-02 06:24:02 santiagoherrera Metallogorgia 2010-07-02 06:24:13 santiagoherrera with ophiuroid 2010-07-02 06:24:29 timothyshank Would like to see that Metallogorgia again with the ophiuroid 2010-07-02 06:25:10 santiagoherrera antipatharian 2010-07-02 06:28:11 kristinekosinski GEFN0010 stop (card full) 2010-07-02 06:31:21 timothyshank If we see another Metallogorgia coral, could we please image it to the extent possible given the time. 2010-07-02 06:34:36 okeanosexplorer Local EX time is 14:30, current depth 1633 m heading is 5.2 deg 2010-07-02 06:39:36 santiagoherrera sediment, going downhill towards target #3 2010-07-02 06:39:47 santiagoherrera sponge 2010-07-02 06:39:58 santiagoherrera xenophyophores 2010-07-02 06:40:48 santiagoherrera urchin making trail 2010-07-02 06:43:25 santiagoherrera going uphill now 2010-07-02 06:43:46 santiagoherrera sediment 2010-07-02 06:47:59 santiagoherrera NOTE Metallogorgia w/ ophiuroid in WHOI stills 02916-02928 2010-07-02 06:49:26 santiagoherrera ripples on sediment 2010-07-02 06:50:39 santiagoherrera ophiuroid 2010-07-02 06:50:44 santiagoherrera xenophyophores 2010-07-02 06:52:05 timothyshank A lot less debris and burrowing in this sediment surface (for the past 10 minutes) 2010-07-02 06:52:13 santiagoherrera crinoid 2010-07-02 06:52:37 santiagoherrera chrysogorgiid on small rock 2010-07-02 06:53:19 santiagoherrera close-up of the chrysogorgiid 2010-07-02 06:54:01 santiagoherrera galatheid crab on chrysogorgiid 2010-07-02 06:54:38 timothyshank Looks like a chirostylid crab in this coral! 2010-07-02 06:54:49 timothyshank Great video guys! 2010-07-02 06:56:40 santiagoherrera relatively strong current here 2010-07-02 06:58:03 santiagoherrera crinoid 2010-07-02 06:58:14 santiagoherrera burrows 2010-07-02 06:59:31 santiagoherrera ophiuroid 2010-07-02 07:01:07 santiagoherrera crab 2010-07-02 07:01:24 timothyshank Aegla? crab again. 2010-07-02 07:02:46 timothyshank Great black? coral- with chirostylids 2010-07-02 07:03:04 santiagoherrera antipatharian 2010-07-02 07:03:15 timothyshank Are those eggs on the crab 2010-07-02 07:03:28 santiagoherrera yes, black coral 2010-07-02 07:03:37 timothyshank Great video guys! 2010-07-02 07:04:05 santiagoherrera seem like eggs, yes 2010-07-02 07:04:40 santiagoherrera 3 chirostylids on the antipatharian 2010-07-02 07:04:57 santiagoherrera good close-up image 2010-07-02 07:05:11 santiagoherrera ophiuroid on sediment in the background 2010-07-02 07:05:58 kristinekosinski GEFN 1-10 recorded on Hard drive 2010-07-02 07:06:13 kristinekosinski GEFN 0001 sd2 start 2010-07-02 07:06:26 timothyshank Emunida on a Parantipathes 2010-07-02 07:06:43 timothyshank i have not seen that species of crab before.... 2010-07-02 07:06:54 santiagoherrera Crysogorgiid 2010-07-02 07:07:05 timothyshank another chysogorgid with a shrimp or crab associaed 2010-07-02 07:07:30 santiagoherrera crab 2010-07-02 07:07:37 santiagoherrera isidid skeleton 2010-07-02 07:08:33 santiagoherrera soft sediment 2010-07-02 07:10:52 santiagoherrera ophiuroid? 2010-07-02 07:14:09 santiagoherrera more soft seddiments 2010-07-02 07:15:10 okeanosexplorer The local EX time is 15:15. The current depth is 1608 m, heading is 342, and we are about 10 to 12 minutes to go for bottom time 2010-07-02 07:17:55 santiagoherrera chrysogorgiid coral on rock 2010-07-02 07:18:07 santiagoherrera couple of them 2010-07-02 07:18:21 santiagoherrera plus other small corals 2010-07-02 07:18:59 santiagoherrera more chrysogorgiids (5) on different rocks 2010-07-02 07:19:16 santiagoherrera small white corals (stylasterids?) 2010-07-02 07:19:47 santiagoherrera isidid skeleton 2010-07-02 07:19:56 timothyshank looked kind of like either acanella or parantipathes...there's a bamboo skeleton 2010-07-02 07:20:26 santiagoherrera crinoids, red and brown morphs 2010-07-02 07:21:24 santiagoherrera antipatharian and chrysogorgiid with possible ~2 chyrostilids 2010-07-02 07:22:08 timothyshank Would like to image that chrysogorgid and crab associates. 2010-07-02 07:22:09 santiagoherrera close-up of crinoid (red morph) 2010-07-02 07:23:29 santiagoherrera shrimp on the red crinoid 2010-07-02 07:24:47 santiagoherrera small white corals or rock (stylasterids?) 2010-07-02 07:25:29 timothyshank Antipatharian (Parantipathes) behind the cryosgorgid 2010-07-02 07:26:58 timothyshank Looks like Acanella sp. with cirostylids 2010-07-02 07:27:17 timothyshank polychaete? 2010-07-02 07:27:24 santiagoherrera amphipod? 2010-07-02 07:28:06 timothyshank red amphipod 2010-07-02 07:28:22 timothyshank looked like barnacles at the base 2010-07-02 07:28:29 santiagoherrera were those barnacles? 2010-07-02 07:30:33 timothyshank this is parantipathes- normally has a polychaete on the center stalk- can we look? 2010-07-02 07:30:55 santiagoherrera I think we saw it 2010-07-02 07:31:29 santiagoherrera it looked white 2010-07-02 07:32:04 santiagoherrera anemone at the base of rock 2010-07-02 07:33:11 timothyshank those are sponges - small likely carnivorous. small white barnacles in background 2010-07-02 07:33:48 timothyshank Les Watling is working on these too... 2010-07-02 07:33:49 santiagoherrera ophiuroid taking off 2010-07-02 07:34:25 santiagoherrera nice imagery of corals plus crinoids 2010-07-02 07:35:39 kristinekosinski GEFN0001 sd2 stop 2010-07-02 07:35:40 santiagoherrera off bottom 2010-07-02 07:36:15 santiagoherrera thank you for all the great images today! 2010-07-02 07:41:25 santiagoherrera WHOI ROV04 video stopped 2010-07-02 07:44:05 santiagoherrera NOTE: "shrimp" on the very large orange/pink sponge might be a caridean- nematocarcinid crab, confirmation pending 2010-07-02 08:06:34 santiagoherrera WHOI ECC offline 2010-07-02 10:30:00 okeanosexplorer Update from the Okenos Explorer: We are almost in position for our first CTD target over Naung. We plan to do 4 casts around the summit if time permits. 2010-07-02 10:30:22 okeanosexplorer local EX time is 1830 2010-07-02 12:09:23 okeanosexplorer Update from the Okenos Explorer: We are almost in position for our third CTD target over Naung. We have not detected a significant plume signal on the first two casts. There will be a temporary loss of video feed on channel 2 and 3 while we fix technical problms. 2010-07-02 14:58:05 okeanosexplorer Update from the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer: local EX time is 2300. We ae currently conducting multibeam mapping operations 200 nm off the coast of Bitung, Indonesia. We are mapping a line from east to west at a depth of 2860m. We will be conducting an XBT in 90 minutes. We will continue mapping operations until 0815 tomorrow morning at which point ROV operations will commence at a target named Naung. 2010-07-02 18:01:27 okeanosexplorer Update from okeanos explorer. The local EX time is 2:00, hwe have just finished mapping on crossed line heading to the west. Currently we are turning back and do another cross line mapping to the east. We are cruising over 4944 meters 2010-07-02 19:19:29 okeanosexplorer Update from okeanos explorer. The local EX time is 3:15. we have just started the crossline mapping for 10 minutes, heading to the east. The current depth is 4926 m. After mapping operation, we plan to conduct ROV dive operation on Naung 2010-07-02 20:32:44 okeanosexplorer Update from okeanos explorer : The local EX time is 4:20. We are on underway mapping on cross line, current depth is 4800m, heading to the east. Our location right now is 3 deg,51.9mi North and 125 deg 6.76 min E 2010-07-02 21:05:08 okeanosexplorer Update from okeanos explorer :The local EX time is 5:00. We are still underway on cross line mapping, heading to east. The ship is cruising over 3070 m depth. Our current position is 3 d 51.9m N and 125d and 13.2 min E 2010-07-02 22:02:50 okeanosexplorer This is update from Okeanos explorer. The local EX time is 6:00. We have just finished cross line mapping to the east and start to turn to dive location called Naung in a few minutes. The current depth is 2183 m 2010-07-02 22:08:09 okeanosexplorer Flash news from Okeanos Explorer : The video and still imageries from first 3 ROV dives are available on FTP sites. Check them out