2010-08-03 00:00:21 okeanosexplorer concentration of yellow sulfur flows 2010-08-03 00:00:48 okeanosexplorer zoom in on high density cluster of shrimp SHI 2010-08-03 00:01:22 okeanosexplorer close up on dark and yellow sulfur flows 2010-08-03 00:01:31 eleanorbors diffuse flow 2010-08-03 00:01:46 samanthazelin seattle stop recording gefn005 sd5 2010-08-03 00:01:54 samanthazelin seattle start recording gefn006 sd5 start 2010-08-03 00:01:56 okeanosexplorer shrimp are directly on top of the sulfur flows 2010-08-03 00:02:08 catrionamunro SCA 2010-08-03 00:02:27 okeanosexplorer Cat, can you remind me what SCA is? 2010-08-03 00:02:39 catrionamunro Scale Worm 2010-08-03 00:02:41 michaelpurwoadi cool rock outcrops... 2010-08-03 00:02:43 okeanosexplorer POL polynoid worm 2010-08-03 00:02:50 okeanosexplorer ok 2010-08-03 00:02:55 okeanosexplorer BAR cluster 2010-08-03 00:03:10 okeanosexplorer SCA 2x 2010-08-03 00:03:24 michaelpurwoadi ECC Ancol, do you copy us at BPPT ECC? 2010-08-03 00:03:31 timothyshank yes 2010-08-03 00:03:51 elizabethsibert SHI xfew 2010-08-03 00:03:56 timothyshank can you hear us okay? 2010-08-03 00:04:07 okeanosexplorer yellow sulfur flows covered on pyroclastic sediment 2010-08-03 00:04:16 michaelpurwoadi BPPT can see you 2010-08-03 00:04:20 okeanosexplorer difusse venting 2010-08-03 00:04:34 okeanosexplorer SCA SHI 2010-08-03 00:04:47 okeanosexplorer abundance of yellow sulfur flows 2010-08-03 00:05:06 okeanosexplorer SHI on solidified flows 2010-08-03 00:05:12 michaelpurwoadi are those yellow or black smokers? 2010-08-03 00:05:29 okeanosexplorer white smokers Michael 2010-08-03 00:06:01 michaelpurwoadi Sorry, I am Ridwan, using Michael's account.. 2010-08-03 00:06:10 elizabethsibert SHIs covering rock 2010-08-03 00:06:13 okeanosexplorer high abundance of shrimp SHI 2010-08-03 00:06:16 okeanosexplorer SCA 2010-08-03 00:06:33 okeanosexplorer SHI SCA BAR community 2010-08-03 00:07:05 okeanosexplorer Apa kabar pak?How are u?? 2010-08-03 00:07:46 okeanosexplorer diffuse venting comming from underneath sulfur flow terraces 2010-08-03 00:07:51 michaelpurwoadi kami baik2 aja, menikmati citra laut dalam. ini Reier? 2010-08-03 00:08:03 okeanosexplorer is this what you think is a different morph of BAR Ellie? 2010-08-03 00:08:11 eleanorbors Yes 2010-08-03 00:08:17 okeanosexplorer ya pak, kebetulan l di ruangan ini 2010-08-03 00:08:31 eleanorbors I believe so. 2010-08-03 00:08:43 okeanosexplorer ya ini hasil citra di bawahlaut Kawio Barat yang dominan vent dan smoker 2010-08-03 00:08:52 okeanosexplorer they do look different 2010-08-03 00:09:11 okeanosexplorer but I am not sure if the other ones are just overfeed fellows 2010-08-03 00:09:59 okeanosexplorer they seem to be pointing their cirri toward the upcoming diffuse venting, not moving them too much 2010-08-03 00:10:23 okeanosexplorer maybe providing their symbionts with sulfide? 2010-08-03 00:10:58 okeanosexplorer "Rainer: Pak Ridwan Selamat menikmati Keindahan Geologi Bawah Laut Kawio 2010-08-03 00:13:01 michaelpurwoadi Rainer, saya bisa lihat Anda juga di ruang gelap Okeanos. Dave is standing by the monitors 2010-08-03 00:13:08 okeanosexplorer close-up on white smokers 2010-08-03 00:13:34 okeanosexplorer ya..saya lg getik di depan Dave .. 2010-08-03 00:13:54 okeanosexplorer 10cm between lasers 2010-08-03 00:14:10 okeanosexplorer shrimp ~3cm long 2010-08-03 00:14:20 okeanosexplorer about 1 inch 2010-08-03 00:14:57 okeanosexplorer white yelowish smoker..cause their sulfur content..rainer 2010-08-03 00:16:29 elizabethsibert Large shrimp morph! 2010-08-03 00:16:40 okeanosexplorer where? 2010-08-03 00:16:43 elizabethsibert Red 2010-08-03 00:16:46 elizabethsibert Bottom center 2010-08-03 00:16:51 elizabethsibert a bit to the right 2010-08-03 00:17:00 elizabethsibert see if they can do hte zoom on that? 2010-08-03 00:17:07 okeanosexplorer too bad we cant get zoom on it 2010-08-03 00:17:18 elizabethsibert Darn, maybe... 2010-08-03 00:17:35 elizabethsibert Yes we can! 2010-08-03 00:17:53 okeanosexplorer rainer: thecolour of the smoker depend on their chemical content 2010-08-03 00:18:29 okeanosexplorer I'm not sure if is a different morph, it is covered on what looks like iron oxide 2010-08-03 00:18:41 elizabethsibert But its significantly larger too 2010-08-03 00:18:53 okeanosexplorer colouring might be an artifact 2010-08-03 00:19:09 okeanosexplorer yeah, there are some large ones next to it too 2010-08-03 00:19:42 okeanosexplorer close-up on yellow sulfur flows 2010-08-03 00:20:12 elizabethsibert Close up on SHI 2010-08-03 00:20:15 elizabethsibert Has small parasite on back 2010-08-03 00:21:10 okeanosexplorer vesiculer porous on the rock 2010-08-03 00:21:29 elizabethsibert Shimmering water 2010-08-03 00:24:45 okeanosexplorer amazing and wonderful smoker 2010-08-03 00:25:00 okeanosexplorer more venting upslope 2010-08-03 00:25:13 okeanosexplorer white smokers and more sulfur flows 2010-08-03 00:26:02 okeanosexplorer high abundances of shrimp on the righ margin off the main white smokers 2010-08-03 00:26:07 okeanosexplorer diffuse venting here 2010-08-03 00:26:36 okeanosexplorer any correlation between white smoker n shrimp?? 2010-08-03 00:26:57 jamesholden Microbes! Biotechnology! Biofuels! 2010-08-03 00:26:59 okeanosexplorer i mens their abundance?? 2010-08-03 00:27:41 okeanosexplorer they seem more abundant is areas of diffuse venting than right next to the higher temperature white smokers 2010-08-03 00:28:21 okeanosexplorer BAR on rock, left margin of the venting area 2010-08-03 00:28:38 okeanosexplorer SCA polynoid worm 2010-08-03 00:28:52 michaelpurwoadi Bapak dan Ibu dari KBRI Washington, kami di gedung BPPT Jakarta juga dapat melihat video bawah laut dan kegiatan di kapal Okeanos secara langsung. Luar biasa! Semoga kerjasama Indonesia - amerika ini membawa kemajuan dalam ilmu pengetahuan dan teknologi kelautan. 2010-08-03 00:29:01 elizabethsibert Very orange coloring on that rock 2010-08-03 00:29:13 okeanosexplorer iron oxides? 2010-08-03 00:29:39 elizabethsibert POL x2 2010-08-03 00:29:48 okeanosexplorer filamentous bacterial films covering barnacles 2010-08-03 00:30:11 okeanosexplorer limonite, Fe Sulphide (orange) 2010-08-03 00:30:16 catrionamunro SHI 2010-08-03 00:30:28 catrionamunro APH 2010-08-03 00:30:43 okeanosexplorer furry barnacles 2010-08-03 00:31:03 samanthazelin seattle stop recording genf006 sd5 2010-08-03 00:31:13 samanthazelin seattle start recording gefn007 sd5 2010-08-03 00:31:14 okeanosexplorer SCA polynoid worms, small red morphs 2010-08-03 00:31:40 elizabethsibert GAS in there w/ BARs 2010-08-03 00:32:33 okeanosexplorer SCA polynoid different morph? 2010-08-03 00:32:33 elizabethsibert SCA pink, covered w/ seds 2010-08-03 00:32:44 elizabethsibert (duplicate sorry) 2010-08-03 00:32:58 okeanosexplorer nice view of furry barnacles BAR 2010-08-03 00:33:08 okeanosexplorer many small SCA 2010-08-03 00:33:19 okeanosexplorer are those limpets on the rock? 2010-08-03 00:33:38 catrionamunro where? 2010-08-03 00:34:27 catrionamunro POL 2010-08-03 00:34:28 okeanosexplorer bottom, small things 2010-08-03 00:34:35 okeanosexplorer now in background 2010-08-03 00:34:35 elizabethsibert Forams? 2010-08-03 00:34:39 okeanosexplorer bottom left 2010-08-03 00:34:48 okeanosexplorer many many small things 2010-08-03 00:35:07 elizabethsibert I'd bet forams - white? (bottom left is out of focus for us) 2010-08-03 00:35:24 okeanosexplorer could be forams 2010-08-03 00:35:48 okeanosexplorer SCA large morph 2010-08-03 00:36:02 okeanosexplorer lost some scales 2010-08-03 00:36:13 michaelpurwoadi Orange deposit, what is that ? 2010-08-03 00:36:14 catrionamunro SCA missing scales? 2010-08-03 00:36:24 okeanosexplorer yeah 2010-08-03 00:36:41 elizabethsibert Is it eathing something? 2010-08-03 00:36:44 elizabethsibert *eating 2010-08-03 00:36:52 okeanosexplorer sulfide content amount of fe 2010-08-03 00:36:56 catrionamunro Filamentous bac on scales that are there 2010-08-03 00:37:08 okeanosexplorer GAS on background, on BAR 2010-08-03 00:37:33 okeanosexplorer another SCA in background, small red morph 2010-08-03 00:38:25 okeanosexplorer high amounts of filamentous bacteria on posterior end 2010-08-03 00:38:44 okeanosexplorer diffuse venting at base of rock 2010-08-03 00:38:56 okeanosexplorer many small dots, forams? limpets? 2010-08-03 00:39:11 okeanosexplorer temperature 3.8C 2010-08-03 00:39:13 catrionamunro SCA in foreground 2010-08-03 00:39:19 okeanosexplorer 3.78C 2010-08-03 00:39:25 okeanosexplorer GAS 2010-08-03 00:39:36 catrionamunro BAR 2010-08-03 00:41:48 okeanosexplorer iron sulfides 2010-08-03 00:42:38 catrionamunro did we stir that up? 2010-08-03 00:42:55 okeanosexplorer yes 2010-08-03 00:42:57 okeanosexplorer oops 2010-08-03 00:46:18 okeanosexplorer abundat shrimp 2010-08-03 00:47:28 okeanosexplorer mafic rocks in this volcano 2010-08-03 00:49:06 okeanosexplorer rich content of magnesium and iron 2010-08-03 00:49:18 okeanosexplorer i igree 2010-08-03 00:50:42 okeanosexplorer likely low CH4:Mn ratios at vent plume 2010-08-03 00:52:48 jamesholden White and brown bacterial mat in cracks from likely diffuse venting. 2010-08-03 00:53:12 okeanosexplorer iron sulfide 2010-08-03 00:54:39 okeanosexplorer iron oxide as well 2010-08-03 00:55:00 okeanosexplorer abundant bacterial mats in cracks 2010-08-03 00:55:18 okeanosexplorer no megafauna here 2010-08-03 00:55:23 samanthazelin seattle stop recording gefn007 sd5 2010-08-03 00:55:34 samanthazelin seattl e start recording gefn008 sd5 2010-08-03 00:55:35 okeanosexplorer current depth 1893m 2010-08-03 00:55:44 elizabethsibert SHI swimming 2010-08-03 00:55:48 okeanosexplorer temperature 3.72 2010-08-03 00:56:55 okeanosexplorer cRA 2010-08-03 00:56:57 okeanosexplorer CRA 2010-08-03 00:57:18 okeanosexplorer BAR on rock 2010-08-03 00:57:26 elizabethsibert What is the red thing to the right? 2010-08-03 00:57:31 elizabethsibert Looks like OPH or CRI 2010-08-03 00:57:38 elizabethsibert (out of window now) 2010-08-03 00:58:06 elizabethsibert CRA 2010-08-03 00:58:19 elizabethsibert SCA 2010-08-03 00:58:23 okeanosexplorer altered rocks 2010-08-03 00:58:33 okeanosexplorer SHI 2010-08-03 00:58:48 elizabethsibert BAR 2010-08-03 00:58:49 okeanosexplorer SQA 2010-08-03 00:58:55 elizabethsibert (feeding BAR) 2010-08-03 00:59:50 okeanosexplorer POL? 2010-08-03 01:00:08 okeanosexplorer event is over! 2010-08-03 01:00:34 elizabethsibert POL 2010-08-03 01:00:44 elizabethsibert Camera's colors look very weird a WHOI. Anywhere else? 2010-08-03 01:00:47 timothyshank POL amphareitid 2010-08-03 01:01:46 okeanosexplorer how weird Elizabeth? 2010-08-03 01:01:55 elizabethsibert Can we zoom on that thing 2010-08-03 01:01:57 elizabethsibert pink, middle 2010-08-03 01:02:13 elizabethsibert (Weird as in over-irised, I think) 2010-08-03 01:02:53 catrionamunro many POL? 2010-08-03 01:02:57 okeanosexplorer POL many 2010-08-03 01:03:17 catrionamunro SHI 2010-08-03 01:03:20 elizabethsibert (video looks much better now, don't know what happened) 2010-08-03 01:03:31 samanthazelin seattle stop recording gefn008 sd5 2010-08-03 01:03:38 samanthazelin seatle start recording gefn009 sd5 2010-08-03 01:04:29 okeanosexplorer depth 1888 2010-08-03 01:04:36 okeanosexplorer temp 3.81 2010-08-03 01:05:09 timothyshank POL - resembles those on the EPR on extinct vents, which is an undesc. species 2010-08-03 01:05:10 jamesholden Tim - WP2 doesn't show up too well on the dive plan. Is that at the spire site on the southern slope? 2010-08-03 01:06:02 catrionamunro BAR stalked 2010-08-03 01:06:08 catrionamunro SHI 2010-08-03 01:08:58 elizabethsibert SCA 2010-08-03 01:09:16 catrionamunro many SHI 2010-08-03 01:09:39 elizabethsibert Possibly larger SHI morph to left 2010-08-03 01:09:44 timothyshank SHI- larger ones on top it seems 2010-08-03 01:10:14 okeanosexplorer in plume 2010-08-03 01:10:41 elizabethsibert Many BAR on rocks 2010-08-03 01:10:45 elizabethsibert CRA/SQA 2010-08-03 01:10:53 okeanosexplorer abundant BAR 2010-08-03 01:11:12 okeanosexplorer altered rocks 2010-08-03 01:11:29 okeanosexplorer moving through the white plumes upslope 2010-08-03 01:11:36 okeanosexplorer abundnat BAR 2010-08-03 01:11:42 elizabethsibert Few SHI 2010-08-03 01:14:14 okeanosexplorer going upslope to the south 2010-08-03 01:14:22 elizabethsibert SHI on flat 2010-08-03 01:14:22 okeanosexplorer lots of SHI 2010-08-03 01:14:35 okeanosexplorer atlered rocks 2010-08-03 01:15:01 okeanosexplorer depth 1871m, temperature 4C 2010-08-03 01:15:08 elizabethsibert SHI 2010-08-03 01:15:20 okeanosexplorer extremely high abundance of SHI 2010-08-03 01:17:01 okeanosexplorer depth 1867m 2010-08-03 01:17:02 eleanorbors So many SHI, but they only seem to be on hard surfaces; is this because that's where the bacteria is? Or is there more diffuse flow around rocks? 2010-08-03 01:17:07 okeanosexplorer Temp 3.7C 2010-08-03 01:17:19 okeanosexplorer BAR 2010-08-03 01:17:34 okeanosexplorer very abundat ot top of crest 2010-08-03 01:18:02 okeanosexplorer I would think a combination of both 2010-08-03 01:18:27 okeanosexplorer modified rock on top of crest 2010-08-03 01:18:41 okeanosexplorer dense white plume 2010-08-03 01:18:51 okeanosexplorer temp 3.81C 2010-08-03 01:19:01 okeanosexplorer Salinity 34.58 2010-08-03 01:19:44 okeanosexplorer lone SHI 2010-08-03 01:19:56 elizabethsibert Very low abundance of BIO (biology) 2010-08-03 01:20:07 jamesholden Extensive volcaniclastic sedimentation along crest. 2010-08-03 01:20:08 elizabethsibert Very high in Iron Oxide 2010-08-03 01:20:08 okeanosexplorer orange bacterial MAT? 2010-08-03 01:20:27 catrionamunro iron staining? 2010-08-03 01:20:41 jamesholden Likely iron oxidizer mat feeding on diffuse venting. 2010-08-03 01:21:02 okeanosexplorer SHI 2010-08-03 01:21:06 elizabethsibert SCA 2010-08-03 01:21:28 okeanosexplorer abundant large BAR on rocks 2010-08-03 01:21:32 elizabethsibert Back to high density of BAR 2010-08-03 01:22:07 jamesholden Extinct spires 2010-08-03 01:24:33 okeanosexplorer abundant BAR, and white bacterial MAT 2010-08-03 01:24:38 okeanosexplorer altered rocks 2010-08-03 01:24:57 okeanosexplorer orange iron oxidizing bacterial MAT 2010-08-03 01:25:08 elizabethsibert No BAR when orange MAT 2010-08-03 01:25:15 catrionamunro lone SHI 2010-08-03 01:25:16 okeanosexplorer still movin in the plume 2010-08-03 01:25:21 okeanosexplorer temp 3.8 2010-08-03 01:25:26 elizabethsibert SHI out of MAT 2010-08-03 01:25:28 okeanosexplorer depth 1848m 2010-08-03 01:25:37 okeanosexplorer SHI 2010-08-03 01:25:54 catrionamunro Clusters of BAR 2010-08-03 01:26:00 okeanosexplorer BAR on small outcrops 2010-08-03 01:26:23 okeanosexplorer diffuse venting 2010-08-03 01:26:24 elizabethsibert BARs covering Chimneys 2010-08-03 01:26:26 okeanosexplorer spires 2010-08-03 01:28:09 okeanosexplorer intese shimmering 2010-08-03 01:28:18 okeanosexplorer diffuse venting 2010-08-03 01:28:30 okeanosexplorer large BAR 2010-08-03 01:28:38 catrionamunro SHI 2010-08-03 01:29:07 okeanosexplorer BAR on BAR 2010-08-03 01:29:36 okeanosexplorer SHI with BAR 2010-08-03 01:29:47 okeanosexplorer shimmering in water 2010-08-03 01:30:20 eleanorbors nice zoom on BAR 2010-08-03 01:30:36 okeanosexplorer so this could be the other large morph? 2010-08-03 01:31:28 eleanorbors I think. I've lost track of which one we saw first, so it's hard to say "one or two"... 2010-08-03 01:31:37 jamesholden Could we please take a closer look at the cluster of spires just beyond this group of barnacles? 2010-08-03 01:32:22 okeanosexplorer temp 4.3C 2010-08-03 01:32:35 okeanosexplorer depth 1847 2010-08-03 01:32:48 okeanosexplorer clear venting from chimney 2010-08-03 01:32:55 okeanosexplorer SHI on chimney 2010-08-03 01:33:52 okeanosexplorer iron sulfides at base of chimney 2010-08-03 01:34:06 okeanosexplorer white bacterial mats? 2010-08-03 01:34:13 okeanosexplorer abundant clear venting 2010-08-03 01:34:27 okeanosexplorer temp 4. 21C 2010-08-03 01:34:52 okeanosexplorer many venting chimneys 2010-08-03 01:34:53 jamesholden Looks like iron oxides at base. White color may be mat or could be mineral precipitation (anhydrite?). 2010-08-03 01:35:55 okeanosexplorer apparetly o BARon active chimneys 2010-08-03 01:36:27 samanthazelin seattle stop recording gefn009 sd5 2010-08-03 01:36:34 samanthazelin seattle start recording gefn010 sd5 2010-08-03 01:37:25 okeanosexplorer temperature 4.02C 2010-08-03 01:37:35 okeanosexplorer salinity 34.59 2010-08-03 01:38:56 okeanosexplorer very high abundances of BAR 2010-08-03 01:39:04 catrionamunro red SHI? 2010-08-03 01:39:13 catrionamunro could we get a zoom on that, please? 2010-08-03 01:39:39 elizabethsibert Another dead SHI? 2010-08-03 01:39:55 elizabethsibert Being eaten by vent SHI 2010-08-03 01:40:25 johnsherrin perhaps toxicity of vent fluids resulting in deadfalls of pelagic shrimp? 2010-08-03 01:40:51 timothyshank like at rota? 2010-08-03 01:40:53 johnsherrin victoria video stop/start 2010-08-03 01:41:12 johnsherrin yes, just a thought 2010-08-03 01:41:39 okeanosexplorer could be 2010-08-03 01:41:47 timothyshank leaky areas up here 2010-08-03 01:41:50 elizabethsibert BAR? 2010-08-03 01:42:00 okeanosexplorer SHI on active chimneys 2010-08-03 01:42:14 PMEL ECC flatfish eating pelagic fish deadfall was at Daikoku mostly. 2010-08-03 01:42:45 elizabethsibert Tops of burrows? 2010-08-03 01:42:56 johnsherrin shrimp at Rota ate shrimp and squid deadfalls as well 2010-08-03 01:43:14 catrionamunro UCR? 2010-08-03 01:43:23 catrionamunro *URC 2010-08-03 01:43:25 timothyshank SHI on the white surface more abundant than black 2010-08-03 01:44:09 okeanosexplorer ACN 2010-08-03 01:44:12 catrionamunro pink-ish morph SHI out of view 2010-08-03 01:44:16 elizabethsibert ACN 2010-08-03 01:44:55 timothyshank on to the white capped spire waypoint 2010-08-03 01:44:58 okeanosexplorer reached the southern slope of the crest 2010-08-03 01:45:38 okeanosexplorer at least 10 chimneys in view right now 2010-08-03 01:46:27 okeanosexplorer very tall chimneys here 2010-08-03 01:47:14 eleanorbors clear venting from some 2010-08-03 01:48:09 okeanosexplorer depth 1838m 2010-08-03 01:48:41 jamesholden I'd be nice to mark this site if it isn't marked already. 2010-08-03 01:49:35 okeanosexplorer ok, done 2010-08-03 01:49:50 okeanosexplorer water temp 3.73C 2010-08-03 01:49:59 okeanosexplorer current depth 183000000000000000 2010-08-03 01:50:05 okeanosexplorer 1830m 2010-08-03 01:50:15 elizabethsibert Man thats deep 2010-08-03 01:50:19 okeanosexplorer apologies, bad keyboard 2010-08-03 01:50:27 jamesholden Thanks, I realize that the nav is offset some according to Tim's comments but at least it gives us a position relative to the other features. 2010-08-03 01:50:46 okeanosexplorer right, I agree 2010-08-03 01:51:11 okeanosexplorer pilot change 2010-08-03 01:51:51 timothyshank Yes, but NOTE that one must use the nav posted from each dive separately can not use the nav screen map as a map of locations. so please be careful 2010-08-03 01:52:22 timothyshank the current nav screen has several dives (not all) plotted 2010-08-03 01:52:29 catrionamunro many chimneys with BAR 2010-08-03 01:52:33 okeanosexplorer large active chimneys covere on white material 2010-08-03 01:52:34 eleanorbors Have the depths being posted in the log correlated to the nav screen or to the "actual depth?" 2010-08-03 01:52:34 jamesholden I agree completely, but we can follow this dive track. 2010-08-03 01:53:31 okeanosexplorer depth 1840m 2010-08-03 01:53:37 timothyshank the depths posted are apparently calculated and not from the parascientific...have expressed major concern over this and trying to get data from this sensor 2010-08-03 01:53:44 okeanosexplorer SHI on chimney surfacess 2010-08-03 01:54:17 elizabethsibert Many SHI 2010-08-03 01:54:48 PMEL ECC large spire venting mostly clear fluids. SHI on chimney but no BAR 2010-08-03 01:55:05 okeanosexplorer well, the depth registered on the RAW files comes from the CTD on the ROV which is more acurate than what you see on the nav screen 2010-08-03 01:55:17 okeanosexplorer it is usually off ~3m 2010-08-03 01:55:54 timothyshank true- the measurements have differed by about 8-12 m earlier but now are about 20m- the nav and para sensors, I mean 2010-08-03 01:56:00 elizabethsibert 2 colors - yellow ones covered w/ Iron Oxide? (SHI) 2010-08-03 01:56:01 okeanosexplorer all the depths I have been posting during the last 4-5 dives come from the actual parascientific screen that the pilot sees 2010-08-03 01:56:09 PMEL ECC In our view "Data Display(3)" where it says ROV depth is that from the CTD? 2010-08-03 01:56:26 okeanosexplorer yes, I have been trying to be as accurate as possible 2010-08-03 01:56:53 okeanosexplorer depth 1839m, temperature 4.15C 2010-08-03 01:57:06 okeanosexplorer no, that is calculated 2010-08-03 01:57:08 PMEL ECC Right now the ROV depth in Data Display(3) it is reading 1851 2010-08-03 01:57:19 timothyshank beehive structure on top 2010-08-03 01:57:32 okeanosexplorer yes, that is a calculated depth 2010-08-03 01:57:39 okeanosexplorer acutal depth is 1840m 2010-08-03 01:58:29 okeanosexplorer actual depth 1844m from pilot screen, 1847m from CTD 2010-08-03 01:58:48 eleanorbors I apologize because in the past if I've posted depth (not common, but it has happened), it has been from the Nav screen. 2010-08-03 01:59:05 timothyshank I had the height of the spires at ~4 meters from the adjacent seafloor 2010-08-03 01:59:06 okeanosexplorer abundant BAR 2010-08-03 01:59:28 timothyshank That's ok. We have all been using the nav screen depth.... 2010-08-03 01:59:42 okeanosexplorer don't worry Ellie, not your fault 2010-08-03 01:59:54 okeanosexplorer exaclty, we realized this very recently 2010-08-03 02:00:01 eleanorbors Ok, well. I'm glad we've sort of figured this out. 2010-08-03 02:00:10 okeanosexplorer deoth 1848m 2010-08-03 02:00:37 okeanosexplorer depth* 2010-08-03 02:01:02 okeanosexplorer more active chinmeys as we move downslope 2010-08-03 02:01:26 okeanosexplorer intense shimmering 2010-08-03 02:01:27 timothyshank CTD depth IS apparently the parascientific sensor reading and is in the "nav" files in the ROV subfolder 2010-08-03 02:01:36 okeanosexplorer clear venting 2010-08-03 02:01:48 okeanosexplorer yes, that s correct 2010-08-03 02:02:14 samanthazelin seattle stop recording gefn010 sd5 2010-08-03 02:02:20 okeanosexplorer I guess that when I said parascientific I meant the pilot screen 2010-08-03 02:02:22 samanthazelin seattle start recording gefn011 sd5 2010-08-03 02:02:42 PMEL ECC more black behive structures on top of active chimneys 2010-08-03 02:02:44 timothyshank darker fluids from small beehive-like orifice 2010-08-03 02:02:53 timothyshank clear fluids here as well 2010-08-03 02:03:10 elizabethsibert SHI 2010-08-03 02:03:13 okeanosexplorer I do not know what kind of sensor that is and wh it differs from the CTD instrument in the vehicle 2010-08-03 02:03:46 timothyshank okay, are we still moving to the south? 2010-08-03 02:03:53 okeanosexplorer SHI still present of the walls of this chimney 2010-08-03 02:03:55 okeanosexplorer yes 2010-08-03 02:04:29 okeanosexplorer tought you might be interested in this black smoke 2010-08-03 02:05:27 okeanosexplorer which is not actually black 2010-08-03 02:05:36 okeanosexplorer just an optica illusion 2010-08-03 02:06:04 elizabethsibert SHIs all the way up the chimneys 2010-08-03 02:06:06 okeanosexplorer *optical 2010-08-03 02:06:30 jamesholden Intense clear venting from chimneys. 2010-08-03 02:07:10 okeanosexplorer temperature 3.68C 2010-08-03 02:07:17 jamesholden Active and inactive spires often arranged in a line, perhaps along fault lines. 2010-08-03 02:07:20 okeanosexplorer depth 1848m 2010-08-03 02:07:25 PMEL ECC spires and chimneys appear aligned along underlying faults or fissures? 2010-08-03 02:07:27 okeanosexplorer SHI 2010-08-03 02:07:32 timothyshank Thank you yes. I think we have documented it now. Jim Holden and I I believe that the signals we have seen in the CTD can't be fully explained by the "white" smoke up here- we want to get down to wp 3 and 4 and below to see if there are real black smokers there. If we don't get down there today, we may have to put in anther dive. I like documenting all of this too, but should do so and then continue to move 2010-08-03 02:07:43 timothyshank razorback ridges of chimlets here 2010-08-03 02:08:14 jamesholden chimlet? 2010-08-03 02:08:19 okeanosexplorer temperature 3.8C 2010-08-03 02:08:49 catrionamunro very large spires here 2010-08-03 02:09:20 elizabethsibert Huge chimney, SHI all the way to top 2010-08-03 02:09:24 okeanosexplorer ok, understod 2010-08-03 02:09:36 catrionamunro clear venting 2010-08-03 02:10:22 samanthazelin sdeattle stop recording gefn011 sd5 2010-08-03 02:10:29 samanthazelin seattle start recording gefn001 sd6 2010-08-03 02:10:29 jamesholden Wow! This is great! What a nice area. 2010-08-03 02:10:52 okeanosexplorer moving south, downslope 2010-08-03 02:10:59 okeanosexplorer abundant barnacles 2010-08-03 02:11:14 PMEL ECC slope looks very steep 2010-08-03 02:11:44 okeanosexplorer depth 1852m 2010-08-03 02:11:52 okeanosexplorer temperature 3.7C 2010-08-03 02:12:10 okeanosexplorer BAR on inactive chimneys 2010-08-03 02:12:57 catrionamunro FSH 2010-08-03 02:13:54 okeanosexplorer depth 1857m 2010-08-03 02:13:58 PMEL ECC deep gullies in slope 2010-08-03 02:14:10 timothyshank Following channel downward- cylindrical spires above tapping into more heat....maybe more below 2010-08-03 02:14:13 okeanosexplorer iron oxides on walls 2010-08-03 02:14:45 okeanosexplorer abundant BAR on side walls of channel 2010-08-03 02:15:05 okeanosexplorer entering new plume 2010-08-03 02:15:13 timothyshank what is the depth here? 2010-08-03 02:15:35 okeanosexplorer 1852m 2010-08-03 02:15:49 timothyshank Can you have them look left and right every so often? just a quick wiggle...thank you 2010-08-03 02:16:49 okeanosexplorer OK, just asked them 2010-08-03 02:17:03 okeanosexplorer clear venting on starboard 2010-08-03 02:17:16 okeanosexplorer more very tall chimneys 2010-08-03 02:17:23 catrionamunro SHI 2010-08-03 02:17:31 elizabethsibert BAR on large spire/chimney 2010-08-03 02:17:44 catrionamunro iron oxide to right 2010-08-03 02:17:47 elizabethsibert (If you get a chance, can someone please explain the difference between "spires" and "chimneys") 2010-08-03 02:18:03 okeanosexplorer just died! 2010-08-03 02:18:12 okeanosexplorer I saw it falling 2010-08-03 02:18:13 elizabethsibert Quickly scavenged 2010-08-03 02:18:19 okeanosexplorer SHI 2010-08-03 02:18:21 johnsherrin good spot Santiago 2010-08-03 02:18:29 okeanosexplorer amazing 2010-08-03 02:18:35 johnsherrin and the vent shrimp noticed as well 2010-08-03 02:18:38 elizabethsibert Can we zoom back in please? 2010-08-03 02:18:45 okeanosexplorer yes look at this 2010-08-03 02:18:52 timothyshank notice not many "red" shrimp around here 2010-08-03 02:19:39 okeanosexplorer no, as I said I just saw it falling 2010-08-03 02:19:40 timothyshank stunned or dead? looks dead... 2010-08-03 02:20:04 okeanosexplorer I think it just died 2010-08-03 02:20:24 PMEL ECC hot water coming out of chimney nearby is mostly clear, chimney is black where hot water is coming out 2010-08-03 02:20:55 PMEL ECC Rest of chimney is brownish-orange and white 2010-08-03 02:21:06 okeanosexplorer moving downslope along the channel 2010-08-03 02:21:22 okeanosexplorer depth 1866 2010-08-03 02:22:10 okeanosexplorer abundant white material on walls 2010-08-03 02:22:40 PMEL ECC Is the ROV stirring stuff up as it goes or is this actually increased particulates in the water? 2010-08-03 02:22:55 okeanosexplorer ACN 2010-08-03 02:23:03 jamesholden I'm guessing prop wash. 2010-08-03 02:24:25 okeanosexplorer yes I think most of it comes from ROV 2010-08-03 02:24:52 okeanosexplorer BAR on wall to the right 2010-08-03 02:24:53 PMEL ECC small spire visible 2010-08-03 02:24:53 catrionamunro still many BAR 2010-08-03 02:24:58 okeanosexplorer depth 1876m 2010-08-03 02:26:30 elizabethsibert CRA 2010-08-03 02:27:16 catrionamunro CRA 2010-08-03 02:27:25 elizabethsibert BARs on tower, clusters 2010-08-03 02:28:49 catrionamunro clustered on outcrops 2010-08-03 02:30:20 PMEL ECC more CRA on mound covered with BAR 2010-08-03 02:31:18 elizabethsibert Dense BAR forest 2010-08-03 02:31:50 okeanosexplorer and large SHI 2010-08-03 02:32:05 okeanosexplorer altered rocks 2010-08-03 02:32:21 okeanosexplorer white MATs 2010-08-03 02:32:51 okeanosexplorer terraces of magma flows? 2010-08-03 02:33:19 okeanosexplorer abundant BAR on them 2010-08-03 02:33:27 catrionamunro what are the white things? 2010-08-03 02:33:35 eleanorbors From S.W.: Looks like there are pyroclastic sediments on top of barnacles on ledges. Maybe fell on them post-barnacle settlement. 2010-08-03 02:33:39 okeanosexplorer detph 1874m 2010-08-03 02:34:04 okeanosexplorer moving deeper 2010-08-03 02:34:14 okeanosexplorer SE to WP3 2010-08-03 02:34:57 timothyshank what are the larger white things at the base of the rocks 2010-08-03 02:35:46 okeanosexplorer we will investigate 2010-08-03 02:36:29 catrionamunro dead CRA 2010-08-03 02:36:59 catrionamunro SQA actually 2010-08-03 02:37:08 timothyshank galatheid- recently deseased. 2010-08-03 02:37:18 eleanorbors I feel like we're CSI: deep sea today. Several dead Crustaceans. 2010-08-03 02:37:21 okeanosexplorer no SHI scavenging 2010-08-03 02:37:39 okeanosexplorer in fact no SHI at all 2010-08-03 02:38:15 okeanosexplorer depth 1877m 2010-08-03 02:38:29 okeanosexplorer temperature 3.9 2010-08-03 02:38:56 samanthazelin seattle stop recording gefn001 sd6 2010-08-03 02:39:03 samanthazelin seattle start recording gefn002 sd6 2010-08-03 02:39:04 catrionamunro SPO? 2010-08-03 02:39:09 catrionamunro ACNs to right 2010-08-03 02:39:41 elizabethsibert MAT? 2010-08-03 02:40:33 timothyshank my guess is sponge, not microbial... Jim? 2010-08-03 02:40:43 okeanosexplorer very thick white bacterial film? 2010-08-03 02:40:56 okeanosexplorer ACN to the right 2010-08-03 02:41:05 timothyshank lots of anemones here 2010-08-03 02:41:28 elizabethsibert Are the Anemones chemosynthetic? 2010-08-03 02:41:41 timothyshank after a zoom on the ACN, we should move south 2010-08-03 02:41:54 catrionamunro zoom ACN 2010-08-03 02:41:56 timothyshank actinaria-like 2010-08-03 02:42:19 catrionamunro GAS 2010-08-03 02:42:24 catrionamunro to the right 2010-08-03 02:43:00 timothyshank Well, there are many anemones that are "endemic to vents" and live in vent fluids- many live on the edge of vents and eat things like shrimp 2010-08-03 02:43:27 okeanosexplorer local recruitment? 2010-08-03 02:44:17 timothyshank large pillow basalts no sessile fauna yet 2010-08-03 02:44:27 timothyshank wow- that was a strong contact 2010-08-03 02:45:12 okeanosexplorer depth 1878m 2010-08-03 02:45:28 okeanosexplorer temp 3.66C 2010-08-03 02:45:36 jamesholden Wrt white stuff on rocks, texture and thickness is unusual for bacterial mat. Can't rule it out but what would be the energy source? No evidence of diffuse venting, especially for white mat that is usually associated with more active venting. I like the idea of a sponge or some other deposit feeder. 2010-08-03 02:45:55 jamesholden Fancy way of saying ... I don't know. 2010-08-03 02:46:12 catrionamunro MORE ACN 2010-08-03 02:46:16 catrionamunro sorry 2010-08-03 02:46:36 catrionamunro *More ACN 2010-08-03 02:47:39 jamesholden Talus slope 2010-08-03 02:47:44 PMEL ECC blocky rocks 2010-08-03 02:47:53 PMEL ECC finer sediments on top 2010-08-03 02:48:40 timothyshank lots of volcanic sediments 2010-08-03 02:48:51 elizabethsibert ACN? (to left) 2010-08-03 02:49:39 elizabethsibert Looks like its retracting... 2010-08-03 02:50:51 elizabethsibert Log: zoom on ACN 2010-08-03 02:52:12 catrionamunro FSH 2010-08-03 02:52:14 elizabethsibert No BAR hee 2010-08-03 02:52:18 elizabethsibert ? 2010-08-03 02:52:29 elizabethsibert *here 2010-08-03 02:53:01 catrionamunro FSH 2010-08-03 02:53:37 catrionamunro ACN 2010-08-03 02:53:56 elizabethsibert x2 2010-08-03 02:55:46 elizabethsibert BARs again - high density 2010-08-03 02:56:03 PMEL ECC and white coating on slope 2010-08-03 02:56:13 catrionamunro CRA many 2010-08-03 02:58:30 okeanosexplorer stopped move to WP3 2010-08-03 02:58:59 okeanosexplorer and will start following this "vent trail" further downslope 2010-08-03 02:59:51 timothyshank JH- can you hear our discussion regarding following the vents we were seeing from the top, and along the gully to the south...there is a line of vents that may extend to the south AND get hotter. Just want to check with you and any others as we go. 2010-08-03 03:01:27 jamesholden Tim - Sounds fine. We seemed to see a weak plume around 1900-1950 m on the south side of this crest. Going down along this venting will hopefully give us some idea of the source. 2010-08-03 03:01:31 timothyshank If we align ourselves on the line of this trail and try to follow it downslope looking both to the left and right via wiggling the ROV, we might not lose the trail. 2010-08-03 03:03:24 samanthazelin seattle stop recording gefn002 sd6 2010-08-03 03:03:30 samanthazelin seattle start recording gefn003 sd6 2010-08-03 03:03:37 PMEL ECC Tim - sounds good to me. I am sort of intrigued by the loose sediments piled on top of rocks and ledges. It looks like some BAR clusters were covered relatively recently with live ones sticking out around edges. Now the barnacle clusters we're seeing now do not seem as covered over. 2010-08-03 03:05:15 PMEL ECC white staining and BAR 2010-08-03 03:06:01 okeanosexplorer depth 1879m 2010-08-03 03:06:34 elizabethsibert MAT 2010-08-03 03:07:18 okeanosexplorer abundant BAR 2010-08-03 03:07:24 timothyshank hadn't noticed that - the barnacles are more stained downslope- presumably older- the black sediments looks clearly explosive- very much like on Mata or Loki seamounts. It will be interesting to see if these sediments continue downslope or how far they go.... 2010-08-03 03:08:35 okeanosexplorer depth 1889m 2010-08-03 03:09:54 catrionamunro ACN 2010-08-03 03:10:06 catrionamunro BIV 2010-08-03 03:10:08 PMEL ECC smooth slope covered in white 2010-08-03 03:10:26 catrionamunro clam 2010-08-03 03:10:38 PMEL ECC clam has siphon up 2010-08-03 03:11:27 catrionamunro GAS? out of view 2010-08-03 03:11:39 catrionamunro filamentous bacteria on BIV 2010-08-03 03:12:14 okeanosexplorer Calyptogena? 2010-08-03 03:13:15 PMEL ECC Tim - you sound like Bob Embley appreciating the great video on this ROV but lamenting "you can 2010-08-03 03:13:22 PMEL ECC tcan't poke anything" 2010-08-03 03:13:58 elizabethsibert BIV Clam 2010-08-03 03:14:15 elizabethsibert x2 2010-08-03 03:14:27 catrionamunro what is that? 2010-08-03 03:14:28 elizabethsibert Log: zoom on USO 2010-08-03 03:14:40 elizabethsibert Tube w/ filamentous algae 2010-08-03 03:16:28 catrionamunro GAS 2010-08-03 03:17:19 timothyshank yes, you got it PMEL. The delay is a little frustrating too.. 2010-08-03 03:18:03 okeanosexplorer very abundant white bacterial mats 2010-08-03 03:18:15 okeanosexplorer and clams half burrowed 2010-08-03 03:18:22 okeanosexplorer typical 2010-08-03 03:19:10 catrionamunro CRA 2010-08-03 03:19:38 catrionamunro BIV? 2010-08-03 03:20:06 elizabethsibert CRA 2010-08-03 03:21:34 okeanosexplorer two morphs of BIV? 2010-08-03 03:23:05 elizabethsibert Looks like its moving w/ its foot 2010-08-03 03:23:34 timothyshank yes moving upslope 2010-08-03 03:23:42 johnsherrin can we frame the entire animal please? 2010-08-03 03:23:44 timothyshank agglutinated forams on it. 2010-08-03 03:23:57 johnsherrin thank you 2010-08-03 03:24:03 timothyshank not as much filamentous microbes on it 2010-08-03 03:24:16 timothyshank Hmmmm. not many predators around here 2010-08-03 03:24:44 PMEL ECC fantastic image! 2010-08-03 03:25:09 timothyshank microbes around in patches 2010-08-03 03:25:18 okeanosexplorer notice not too much white bacterial mats surrounding the BIC 2010-08-03 03:25:49 PMEL ECC The ground looks distinctly "mossy" 2010-08-03 03:26:14 PMEL ECC Large rocks sitting on top of smooth slope 2010-08-03 03:30:07 timothyshank just want to make sure that there is not a fault along this wall to the west before going more east. 2010-08-03 03:31:59 jamesholden Tim - I agree. Our previous CTD casts where we saw the deep plume were here and to the west. I like the idea of moving laterally and up-and-down slope to the west for a bit as long as we see evidence of venting. 2010-08-03 03:32:38 timothyshank Great. Thank you. I think we're gonna find it.....with 10 minutes left :-) 2010-08-03 03:33:33 okeanosexplorer depth 1903m 2010-08-03 03:33:48 okeanosexplorer temperature 3.66 2010-08-03 03:35:34 okeanosexplorer we are continuing W SW following the white trail of chemosynthetic excitement 2010-08-03 03:36:15 samanthazelin seattle stop recording gefn003 sd6 2010-08-03 03:36:29 samanthazelin seattle start recording gefn004 sd6 2010-08-03 03:36:50 jamesholden The plume we saw deep was weak and may simply be due to extensive diffuse venting, similar to what we're seeing now. 2010-08-03 03:36:52 okeanosexplorer pilot change 2010-08-03 03:39:30 PMEL ECC pillow lavas 2010-08-03 03:40:40 okeanosexplorer estimated off bottom time is 1:30pm EX time 2010-08-03 03:41:48 timothyshank Well, I hope there is some more vigorous venting down here- the CTD depth was 1950m, right? 2010-08-03 03:42:12 timothyshank I think we need to go more west and then down... 2010-08-03 03:43:20 okeanosexplorer waiting for the sled 2010-08-03 03:43:29 jamesholden 1900-1950 m, yes. I hope there's more than this, and I doubt this would give us much of a plume signal. West and down is good. 2010-08-03 03:43:30 okeanosexplorer to catch up 2010-08-03 03:46:53 timothyshank did the hue of the video change? it looks greener.... 2010-08-03 03:48:20 timothyshank thanks for asking. 2010-08-03 03:48:44 timothyshank Did we lose the trail? it looked like it was to the right? 2010-08-03 03:48:47 timothyshank and down 2010-08-03 03:48:48 okeanosexplorer pilot changed BTW 2010-08-03 03:48:59 okeanosexplorer I know.... 2010-08-03 03:49:15 timothyshank on the otherside of this wall in front of us 2010-08-03 03:49:32 timothyshank What was the answer on the green video? 2010-08-03 03:49:42 okeanosexplorer no changes in video 2010-08-03 03:49:48 timothyshank wow. 2010-08-03 03:50:09 okeanosexplorer just flying too hight can change the blacks 2010-08-03 03:50:22 okeanosexplorer but should be better when we get closer 2010-08-03 03:50:47 timothyshank okay, maybe more west to find the trail 2010-08-03 03:51:10 okeanosexplorer yes, I'm trying to get the pilot to move and re-find the trail 2010-08-03 03:51:13 timothyshank real depth here? 2010-08-03 03:51:30 okeanosexplorer 1923m 2010-08-03 03:51:47 jamesholden Yes, upslope and then to the west if the venting trail persists. 2010-08-03 03:52:06 okeanosexplorer fsh 2010-08-03 03:52:18 catrionamunro video changed 2010-08-03 03:52:20 timothyshank no corals... 2010-08-03 03:52:43 timothyshank lots of volcanoclastics though 2010-08-03 03:53:52 timothyshank hard to believe that those clams we saw are the only ones here- must be more 2010-08-03 03:53:59 catrionamunro COR? 2010-08-03 03:54:08 catrionamunro looked like hydroids maybe? 2010-08-03 03:54:17 jamesholden I just double-checked the CTD casts that we did over this area in Leg II. In this region, we saw an LSS and ORP signal between 1800 and 1850 m. To the west over the point, we saw a possible temperature anomaly (problems with LSS scale on that cast) between 1900 and 2000 m. 2010-08-03 03:55:39 timothyshank Thanks. I remember that the highest part of the anomalies was close to 1950m 2010-08-03 03:55:53 timothyshank Seems so long ago.....:-) 2010-08-03 03:57:51 jamesholden It was more than 60 taxi rides ago. 2010-08-03 03:58:26 timothyshank Ha. I've only had 30. 2010-08-03 04:00:05 timothyshank re-aquired the white microbial brick road......follow the white brick road... 2010-08-03 04:00:05 okeanosexplorer 1911m 2010-08-03 04:00:27 PMEL ECC Tim - I sent the LSS profiles of the casts from Leg2 in my message to Kelly re CTD ops later today and cc to you. 2010-08-03 04:00:52 timothyshank OKay, thank you. 2010-08-03 04:01:12 timothyshank I hope we don't lose this track- yellow staining? microbial patches? 2010-08-03 04:01:26 elizabethsibert CRA 2010-08-03 04:01:29 timothyshank water seems very still 2010-08-03 04:01:41 timothyshank See white blocks downslope.... 2010-08-03 04:01:55 catrionamunro CRA 2010-08-03 04:02:00 elizabethsibert UFO Larvacian? 2010-08-03 04:02:07 elizabethsibert (floating by ~30 secs ago) 2010-08-03 04:02:17 jamesholden Sharon - Could you please send me those profiles too? Especially from the first day of CTD casts on Leg II if you replotted the LSS. 2010-08-03 04:02:26 samanthazelin seattle stop recording gefn004 sd6 2010-08-03 04:02:33 samanthazelin seattle start recording gefn005 sd6 2010-08-03 04:02:42 timothyshank yes, I think that might have been a larvacian... 2010-08-03 04:07:29 timothyshank white and yellow staining and pyroclastic sediments 2010-08-03 04:07:49 timothyshank pillow lavas 2010-08-03 04:08:15 elizabethsibert Tim - there's a Yellow "Brick" Road too... 2010-08-03 04:08:53 elizabethsibert Neat rock 2010-08-03 04:11:01 elizabethsibert Small little blobs next to bone look like they're moving? 2010-08-03 04:11:08 elizabethsibert Maybe while we're here we can zoom on one of them? 2010-08-03 04:11:20 elizabethsibert *sorry not bone, bone-shaped rock 2010-08-03 04:13:07 timothyshank Clam shells 2010-08-03 04:14:04 okeanosexplorer 1918m 2010-08-03 04:15:24 catrionamunro BIV? 2010-08-03 04:17:03 timothyshank Are we transiting to the NE and then back to the SW. Santiago, sorry, I don't know if the new pilot got the explanation of what we are trying to do? Okay, maybe the past pilot is guiding him... are we still taking steps to move SW- sorry hard to hear conversations... 2010-08-03 04:17:40 okeanosexplorer no 2010-08-03 04:17:53 okeanosexplorer I keep asking them to just follow the trail 2010-08-03 04:18:08 okeanosexplorer he just likes to move around 2010-08-03 04:18:29 okeanosexplorer where do you want to head at this point 2010-08-03 04:18:39 okeanosexplorer the trail is becoming very faint here 2010-08-03 04:19:08 timothyshank I think the trail may be a little to the west.... 2010-08-03 04:19:21 timothyshank and down 2010-08-03 04:19:25 timothyshank Okay, seeing more clams here 2010-08-03 04:19:48 okeanosexplorer yeah, that's what I am heading them 2010-08-03 04:19:58 okeanosexplorer this direction 2010-08-03 04:20:27 okeanosexplorer but I am not sure if they are just shells that rolled down hill and ended up here 2010-08-03 04:24:06 timothyshank clams shells- suggest that they are mostly in place (locally anyway) 2010-08-03 04:26:26 timothyshank no sessile fauna... 2010-08-03 04:27:15 timothyshank west, southwest...waiting for the cam sled, I think. 2010-08-03 04:27:33 okeanosexplorer yes, indeed, waiting for the sled 2010-08-03 04:27:41 okeanosexplorer 1930m 2010-08-03 04:28:07 timothyshank clams that size, from what we know of growth rates, are more than 4 years old....must have had sustained venting around here 2010-08-03 04:30:43 okeanosexplorer 30min of bottom left 2010-08-03 04:31:17 samanthazelin seattle stop recording gefn005 sd6 2010-08-03 04:31:23 samanthazelin seattle start recording gefn006 sd6 2010-08-03 04:35:15 catrionamunro MAT 2010-08-03 04:35:21 timothyshank white and yellow mottled material- 2010-08-03 04:35:42 timothyshank clam habitat? although nothing filamentous 2010-08-03 04:35:58 timothyshank clam in the distance and under the Rock? 2010-08-03 04:36:03 okeanosexplorer I thought I've seen some shells 2010-08-03 04:36:14 okeanosexplorer but was just my imagination 2010-08-03 04:36:33 okeanosexplorer 1940m 2010-08-03 04:37:08 okeanosexplorer clam shell@ 2010-08-03 04:39:15 okeanosexplorer microbial iron oxidizing aggregations 2010-08-03 04:39:55 jamesholden More putative iron and/or sulfide oxidizing bacterial mats in cracks. 2010-08-03 04:41:11 jamesholden Mats are 'Cheetos' in appearance similar to what was seen on SE end of summit crest. 2010-08-03 04:42:14 okeanosexplorer ha Cheetos, I like that 2010-08-03 04:43:38 okeanosexplorer 1945m 2010-08-03 04:45:56 okeanosexplorer 19min left 2010-08-03 04:52:52 elizabethsibert FSH 2010-08-03 04:56:35 catrionamunro BIV? 2010-08-03 04:57:44 okeanosexplorer 1964m 2010-08-03 04:57:58 jamesholden Thank you ROV team, Santiago, and Tim for a great dive ... our best yet at Kawio Barat and well worth the added exploration. Thanks too for a fruitful expedition. The camera work and ROV handling were excellent. I won't be able to participate in any more dives this week. Cheers! 2010-08-03 04:58:48 okeanosexplorer according to the CTD profile we have no detected temperature distrurbances since we found the vents/plume at the summit 2010-08-03 04:59:58 okeanosexplorer Thank you Jim, it was good to have you here 2010-08-03 05:01:21 okeanosexplorer shimmering? 2010-08-03 05:01:56 timothyshank Jim, what do you think this is???? 2010-08-03 05:02:48 jamesholden Good question. I didn't get a close enough look to see if it was mat. 2010-08-03 05:02:49 timothyshank Don't leave now jim! 2010-08-03 05:03:10 catrionamunro SHI 2010-08-03 05:03:19 elizabethsibert (non-hydrothermal?) 2010-08-03 05:03:26 jamesholden Please mark this on the map. 2010-08-03 05:04:30 catrionamunro SHI in camera 2010-08-03 05:04:46 eleanorbors Exhibitionist shrimp 2010-08-03 05:05:04 timothyshank Looks non-hydrothermal....but lots of material (biomass?) here 2010-08-03 05:05:14 jamesholden Can we zoom in on the rocks for a bit? 2010-08-03 05:05:15 timothyshank Is that rock? 2010-08-03 05:05:33 timothyshank mineral...... 2010-08-03 05:05:40 PMEL ECC Maybe stained/altered rock? 2010-08-03 05:05:54 jamesholden Not microbial. 2010-08-03 05:06:47 okeanosexplorer magnesium? 2010-08-03 05:07:57 okeanosexplorer 1983m 2010-08-03 05:08:37 okeanosexplorer SHI 2010-08-03 05:08:45 timothyshank highly altered 2010-08-03 05:10:48 timothyshank based of the mound - yellow sulfur balls- no sessile fauna around 2010-08-03 05:11:48 timothyshank yellow sediment 2010-08-03 05:11:53 okeanosexplorer 1991m 2010-08-03 05:11:58 elizabethsibert SHI 2010-08-03 05:12:10 elizabethsibert CRA 2010-08-03 05:14:02 samanthazelin cheetos rolling downhill 2010-08-03 05:14:06 okeanosexplorer yellow microbial iron/sulful oxidizing mats 2010-08-03 05:14:12 okeanosexplorer cheetos, right! 2010-08-03 05:15:33 okeanosexplorer this is the end of the dive 2010-08-03 05:15:45 samanthazelin sseattle stop recording 2010-08-03 05:15:51 timothyshank depth was close to 2000m at end 2010-08-03 05:15:51 okeanosexplorer ROV is coming up 2010-08-03 05:16:07 elizabethsibert 'night and thanks!! 2010-08-03 05:16:09 okeanosexplorer thank you all for participating tonight 2010-08-03 05:16:17 catrionamunro Thank you for another great dive. Night all! 2010-08-03 05:17:21 elizabethsibert WHOI stop recording on INDEX 2010-08-03 05:22:06 johnsherrin victoria stopped recording 2010-08-03 05:28:26 PMEL ECC PMEL ECC is now empty - see you tomorrow :-) 2010-08-03 07:17:39 okeanosexplorer This is a live update from the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer. This is Rainer Troa speaking. The local EX time is 03.10 pm. We have conducted ROV at Kawio Barat and ongoing to the CTD cast in this site Kawio Barat. The current depth is 1924 m; coordinates is 4deg 40.442 N – 125 deg 05.300 E 2010-08-03 09:31:26 okeanosexplorer This is a live update from the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer. This is Dian speaking. the local EX time is 5.30 pm. We are  currently performing CTD Operation surounded the Kawio Barat. The current CTD depth is  1200 m coordinates is 4 deg 40.551’ N – 125 deg 5.268 E. 2010-08-03 10:01:13 okeanosexplorer This is a live update from the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer. This is Dian speaking. the local EX time is 6 pm. We are  currently performing CTD Operation surounded the Kawio Barat. The current CTD depth is  1820 m coordinates is 4 deg 40.528’ N – 125 deg 5.299 E. 2010-08-03 11:01:16 okeanosexplorer This is a live update from the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer. Dian speaking here. the local EX time is 7 pm. We are  concluding CTD Operation at 6.43 pm and still waiting for performing multibeam mapping operation to the next area. The current coordinates is 4 deg 39.574’ N – 125 deg 5.093 E. 2010-08-03 16:02:58 okeanosexplorer This is a live update from the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer. Rainer Troa speaking. The local EX time is 00.00 am.  We are  performing Multibeam mapping operation to the dive site next area Memeridge 125o 8.7174108‘, 3o 34.9610814‘ . The current heading is Southward 178 deg. The speed is 9.6 knt; current depth 4733 m and the coordinates is 3.9626 N – 124.8660 E. 2010-08-03 17:03:01 okeanosexplorer This is a live update from the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer. Rainer Troa speaking. The local EX time is 01.00 am.  We are  performing Multibeam mapping operation to the dive site next area "Memeridge" 125 deg 8.7174108‘, 3 deg 34.9610814‘. The current heading is Southward 175 deg. The speed is 9.1 knt; current depth 4610 m and the coordinates is 3.7889 N – 124.8672 E. 2010-08-03 18:01:14 okeanosexplorer This is a live update from the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer. Rainer Troa speaking. The local EX time is 02.00 am.  We are  performing Multibeam mapping operation to the dive site next area "Memeridge" 125 deg 8.7174108‘, 3 deg 34.9610814‘. The current heading is Southward 179 deg. The speed is 9.4 knt; current depth 4482 m and the coordinates is 3.6441 N – 124.8654 E. 2010-08-03 19:00:46 okeanosexplorer This is a live update from the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer. Rainer Troa speaking. The local EX time is 03.00 am.  We are  performing Multibeam mapping operation to the dive site next area "Memeridge" 125 deg 8.7174108‘, 3 deg 34.9610814‘. The current heading is Southward 179 deg. The speed is 9.1 knt; current depth 4456 m and the coordinates is 3.4896 N – 124.8645 E. 2010-08-03 20:00:29 okeanosexplorer This is a live update from the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer. Rainer Troa speaking. The local EX time is 04.00 am.  We are  performing Multibeam mapping operation to the dive site next area "Memeridge" 125 deg 8.7174108‘, 3 deg 34.9610814‘. The current heading is Southward 178 deg. The speed is 9 knt; current depth 4401 m and the coordinates is 3.3395 N – 124.8576 E 2010-08-03 21:02:17 okeanosexplorer This is a live update from the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer. Dian speaking here. The local EX time is 05.00 am.  We are  performing Multibeam mapping operation to the next dive site “Memeridge”.  The current heading is Northeast 36 deg. The speed is 9.3 knt; current depth 4377 m and the coordinates is 3.25060 N – 124.88623 E.