2010-08-04 01:04:37 okeanosexplorer ROV is in the water 2010-08-04 01:09:46 jeremypotter Morning Santiago. I believe I heard expected onbottom time is 1045 local shiptime. Can you please also give us an idea of expected off bottom time? We understand that will change. 2010-08-04 01:09:56 okeanosexplorer estimated bottom time 11:45am EX time 2010-08-04 01:10:09 okeanosexplorer Hi Jeremy 2010-08-04 01:10:22 okeanosexplorer yes, this is an updated time 2010-08-04 01:20:41 PMEL ECC Hello - Sharon Walker is in the PMEL ECC 2010-08-04 01:35:50 okeanosexplorer current depth 1047m 2010-08-04 02:03:53 okeanosexplorer 1740 2010-08-04 02:06:51 timothyshank can you near me via the RTS??? 2010-08-04 02:07:23 okeanosexplorer are you calling right now? 2010-08-04 02:08:53 okeanosexplorer I don't hear anything 2010-08-04 02:15:06 okeanosexplorer 010 2010-08-04 02:15:12 okeanosexplorer 2010 2010-08-04 02:15:20 catrionamunro Catriona Munro and Elizabeth Sibert are here from WHOI 2010-08-04 02:15:37 okeanosexplorer hello 2010-08-04 02:15:54 okeanosexplorer 1.5h to bottom 2010-08-04 02:16:27 okeanosexplorer you can go to PITS for a re-fill 2010-08-04 02:17:22 catrionamunro Certainly will! Will you let us know if this time changes? 2010-08-04 02:17:43 okeanosexplorer for sure 2010-08-04 02:21:34 catrionamunro How long will we have on bottom? 2010-08-04 02:23:39 okeanosexplorer ~2.5h 2010-08-04 02:30:40 okeanosexplorer estimated time on bottom 1130 EX time 2010-08-04 02:30:50 okeanosexplorer 2371m 2010-08-04 02:57:01 timothyshank Potter, Hammond, and Shank on from Jakarta 2010-08-04 02:57:04 PMEL ECC What is the bottom depth here? 2010-08-04 02:57:21 okeanosexplorer 3000m 2010-08-04 02:57:35 okeanosexplorer bottom depth 3600m 2010-08-04 03:07:04 timothyshank Santiago, can you ask for an estimate of when the off bottom time will be? Thanx 2010-08-04 03:09:29 PMEL ECC Ellie, Samantha and Triyono are now in tthe PMEL ECC with Sharon\ 2010-08-04 03:09:39 okeanosexplorer Hi Tim, the latest information suggested a 3:30pm departure from bottom 2010-08-04 03:09:57 okeanosexplorer so, we will roughly have 4h of bottom time 2010-08-04 03:10:06 okeanosexplorer 3300m 2010-08-04 03:19:02 okeanosexplorer welcome all, this is dive number 25 (12 in leg 3). This site has been denominated "Memeridge" in honor of our mapping leader I believe. Our launch coordinates are 3o 35.870 and 125o 08.541. Expected depth at bottom is 3620m. The goal of this dive, as stated in the dive plan, is to "transit upslope on the northeastern margin of this mound feature, reaching the top and exploring along the crest to the south until dive time runs out in order to examine the geological feature and compare fauna at the deep site at K and shallower sites, for example at K and Landat." 2010-08-04 03:19:17 okeanosexplorer current depth is 3542m 2010-08-04 03:19:56 okeanosexplorer the basic plan is to move up-slope along the top of the ridge heading south 2010-08-04 03:20:11 okeanosexplorer estimated time at bottom is 1130am EX time 2010-08-04 03:20:28 okeanosexplorer estimated off bottom time is 1530 EX time 2010-08-04 03:20:41 okeanosexplorer approximate time on bottom is 4h 2010-08-04 03:20:59 catrionamunro WHOI start recording on INDEX 2010-08-04 03:21:37 okeanosexplorer Santiago Herrera here at the EX control room 2010-08-04 03:21:59 elizabethsibert Seattle can you please give WHOI a call? 508-289-3761 - thanks! 2010-08-04 03:22:29 jonathanrose Victoria too please 250-721-7135 2010-08-04 03:22:59 jonathanrose on bottom 2010-08-04 03:23:04 okeanosexplorer Jakarta, can you hear me? 2010-08-04 03:23:16 okeanosexplorer depth 3629m 2010-08-04 03:23:41 PMEL ECC we are having some video problems with the equipment here 2010-08-04 03:23:45 catrionamunro bottom 2010-08-04 03:23:49 PMEL ECC will call when we are sure we wont blow ourselves up 2010-08-04 03:24:03 okeanosexplorer temperature 3.66C, salinity 34.58, coordinates 3d 5.8689 125d 8.51645 2010-08-04 03:24:04 catrionamunro wos 2010-08-04 03:24:07 catrionamunro wood? 2010-08-04 03:24:13 eleanorbors Jakarta, we can hear you 2010-08-04 03:24:16 jonathanrose yes I think so 2010-08-04 03:24:26 elizabethsibert Here are the taxa codes for the logging. 2010-08-04 03:24:27 elizabethsibert ACN Actinaria 2010-08-04 2010-08-04 2010-08-04 2010-08-04 2010-08-04 2010-08-04 2010-08-04 2010-08-04 2010-08-04 2010-08-04 2010-08-04 2010-08-04 2010-08-04 2010-08-04 2010-08-04 2010-08-04 2010-08-04 2010-08-04 2010-08-04 2010-08-04 2010-08-04 2010-08-04 2010-08-04 2010-08-04 2010-08-04 2010-08-04 2010-08-04 2010-08-04 2010-08-04 2010-08-04 2010-08-04 2010-08-04 2010-08-04 2010-08-04 2010-08-04 2010-08-04 2010-08-04 2010-08-04 2010-08-04 2010-08-04 2010-08-04 2010-08-04 2010-08-04 2010-08-04 03:30:31 PMEL ECC seattle start recording gefn001 sd7 2010-08-04 03:31:53 catrionamunro leaf? 2010-08-04 03:32:02 jonathanrose Victoria start recording file 01 2010-08-04 03:32:32 jonathanrose ROV depth 3630 Heading 110 2010-08-04 03:32:44 elizabethsibert UFO = Unidentified Floating/Falling Object 2010-08-04 03:35:03 okeanosexplorer TEST 2010-08-04 03:35:10 okeanosexplorer ok 2010-08-04 03:35:11 eleanorbors Hello EX 2010-08-04 03:35:11 jonathanrose we can see you 2010-08-04 03:35:20 timothyshank of the camera system? 2010-08-04 03:35:20 okeanosexplorer white balance 2010-08-04 03:35:36 okeanosexplorer OK, this is working again 2010-08-04 03:35:52 timothyshank I think they just did that- this is something else- cable issue? 2010-08-04 03:36:02 timothyshank can't get tilt on the camera? 2010-08-04 03:36:47 timothyshank the cam sled camera controller was sticky when first got on bottom 2010-08-04 03:36:47 okeanosexplorer yes, some trouble with the camera system in the sled 2010-08-04 03:37:11 okeanosexplorer with the tilt 2010-08-04 03:37:27 okeanosexplorer ok, is working fine again 2010-08-04 03:38:11 PMEL ECC seattle stop recording gefn001 sd7 2010-08-04 03:38:21 PMEL ECC seattle start recording gefn002 sd7 2010-08-04 03:40:03 jonathanrose Back on the bottom 2010-08-04 03:40:22 okeanosexplorer test 2 2010-08-04 03:40:26 okeanosexplorer OK, working 2010-08-04 03:41:58 catrionamunro CON 2010-08-04 03:41:59 elizabethsibert USOs 2010-08-04 03:41:59 catrionamunro ? 2010-08-04 03:42:11 catrionamunro wood 2010-08-04 03:42:11 elizabethsibert Wood/branch 2010-08-04 03:42:14 PMEL ECC smooth sedimented seafloot 2010-08-04 03:42:21 PMEL ECC *seafloor 2010-08-04 03:44:04 catrionamunro off bottom 2010-08-04 03:44:37 catrionamunro back on 2010-08-04 03:44:42 catrionamunro CON? rock? 2010-08-04 03:44:42 elizabethsibert New code: WOD = Wood 2010-08-04 03:48:21 catrionamunro burrow 2010-08-04 03:48:53 jonathanrose pretty flat 2010-08-04 03:50:06 eleanorbors CON. 2010-08-04 03:50:06 catrionamunro CON? 2010-08-04 03:50:30 catrionamunro WOD 2010-08-04 03:51:29 okeanosexplorer stormy conditions on surface 2010-08-04 03:51:35 okeanosexplorer 20knot winds 2010-08-04 03:51:46 elizabethsibert Bamboo? 2010-08-04 03:51:55 okeanosexplorer yeah 2010-08-04 03:53:11 elizabethsibert Something on it - pink, maybe MOL? (Mollusk) 2010-08-04 03:53:49 elizabethsibert White specs I think are FOR Forams 2010-08-04 03:55:43 eleanorbors That round thing looked kind of like of like a newly settled coral? 2010-08-04 03:56:44 okeanosexplorer there will be an interruption in streaming and communications for a couple of seconds as we change configuration to HD 2010-08-04 03:56:58 jonathanrose Video back 2010-08-04 03:57:02 catrionamunro FEC 2010-08-04 03:57:49 eleanorbors We heard and responded to the call, EX.... 2010-08-04 03:57:49 catrionamunro another pink possible MOL? FOR 2010-08-04 03:57:53 jonathanrose Limpet? GAS 2010-08-04 03:58:21 okeanosexplorer what is MOL Cat? 2010-08-04 03:58:38 catrionamunro Mollusc 2010-08-04 03:58:57 okeanosexplorer ah, OK 2010-08-04 03:59:48 okeanosexplorer lots of sediment, dark yellow-greenish, photodebris? 2010-08-04 03:59:54 elizabethsibert 2 new codes today - MOL = Mollusk and FOR = Foraminiferan 2010-08-04 04:00:08 okeanosexplorer looks like a limpet 2010-08-04 04:01:20 okeanosexplorer moving at 0.1 knots to WP2 2010-08-04 04:01:46 okeanosexplorer no megafauna around 2010-08-04 04:02:05 okeanosexplorer no evidence of bioturbation either 2010-08-04 04:02:43 jonathanrose is the CTD on? whats the temperature here please? 2010-08-04 04:03:25 okeanosexplorer 3.66C and will not change 2010-08-04 04:03:28 okeanosexplorer likely 2010-08-04 04:03:33 okeanosexplorer CON 2010-08-04 04:03:37 jonathanrose heh right 2010-08-04 04:03:44 elizabethsibert There was some evidence for bioturbation - back by the Bamboo, there was some HOL feces 2010-08-04 04:05:55 okeanosexplorer ok, I'll give you that one, but that's about it 2010-08-04 04:05:56 okeanosexplorer TUN 2010-08-04 04:06:08 okeanosexplorer XEN 2010-08-04 04:08:02 okeanosexplorer hello me 2010-08-04 04:08:18 eleanorbors more WOD 2010-08-04 04:08:27 eleanorbors Hello Santiago 2010-08-04 04:08:29 elizabethsibert Sorry, we forgot to launch the ichat earlier Santiago. 2010-08-04 04:10:04 okeanosexplorer haha, no worries 2010-08-04 04:10:06 elizabethsibert WOD 2010-08-04 04:10:06 catrionamunro WOD 2010-08-04 04:10:26 elizabethsibert URC 2010-08-04 04:10:32 elizabethsibert CRA? 2010-08-04 04:10:37 catrionamunro POL? 2010-08-04 04:10:39 eleanorbors APH 2010-08-04 04:10:45 elizabethsibert HOL? 2010-08-04 04:11:22 eleanorbors CRBs 2010-08-04 04:11:27 elizabethsibert SHI? 2010-08-04 04:11:29 eleanorbors (SQAs) 2010-08-04 04:11:35 elizabethsibert Another MOL Limpit? 2010-08-04 04:11:36 catrionamunro ASR 2010-08-04 04:12:40 eleanorbors Many of these individuals are colorless 2010-08-04 04:12:51 eleanorbors And small 2010-08-04 04:13:32 jonathanrose hagfish? 2010-08-04 04:13:59 eleanorbors It looks like one--How deep do hagfish go? 2010-08-04 04:14:29 okeanosexplorer what would it be feeding on? 2010-08-04 04:14:30 jonathanrose pretty deep this is in range I think 2010-08-04 04:15:43 PMEL ECC when sediment is stirred up by ROV thrusters it is more clumpy than silty. Dissipates pretty quickly and visibility remains pretty good 2010-08-04 04:15:52 okeanosexplorer GAS limpet, same morph as on bamboo 2010-08-04 04:15:58 timothyshank SHI 2010-08-04 04:16:10 timothyshank OPH 2010-08-04 04:16:20 elizabethsibert 2 morphs of OPH? Or just different sizes? 2010-08-04 04:16:33 timothyshank 2 morphs- but we can zoom in and see.... 2010-08-04 04:16:40 catrionamunro GAS? 2010-08-04 04:17:03 jonathanrose video out? 2010-08-04 04:17:06 PMEL ECC organisms are mostly colorless here 2010-08-04 04:17:07 catrionamunro WHOI video frozen 2010-08-04 04:17:11 eleanorbors sea video frozen 2010-08-04 04:17:17 jonathanrose solar flare? 2010-08-04 04:17:33 timothyshank video frozen in jakarta 2010-08-04 04:17:45 catrionamunro back on 2010-08-04 04:17:53 jonathanrose back here too 2010-08-04 04:17:54 samanthazelin video back in seatle 2010-08-04 04:17:56 catrionamunro ACN 2010-08-04 04:17:58 timothyshank holes in the wood 2010-08-04 04:18:04 eleanorbors GAS? 2010-08-04 04:18:12 elizabethsibert FOR? 2010-08-04 04:18:30 catrionamunro GAS limpet 2010-08-04 04:18:42 elizabethsibert w/ parasite? 2010-08-04 04:18:45 catrionamunro SHI 2010-08-04 04:18:58 timothyshank sergestid-type shrimp 2010-08-04 04:19:07 jonathanrose this is a good find 2010-08-04 04:19:14 timothyshank agreed 2010-08-04 04:19:27 okeanosexplorer woods is always good :) 2010-08-04 04:19:42 okeanosexplorer GAS limpet 2010-08-04 04:20:02 okeanosexplorer POL polynoid worm = SCA 2010-08-04 04:20:03 jonathanrose I keept expect too see boring clams but none of the wood really has 2010-08-04 04:20:04 catrionamunro SCA 2010-08-04 04:20:14 okeanosexplorer OPH x3 2010-08-04 04:20:23 okeanosexplorer SHI 2010-08-04 04:20:36 timothyshank no trail scars of clams- or shipworms; need to look at sediment after this 2010-08-04 04:20:36 samanthazelin seattle stop recording gefn002 sd7 2010-08-04 04:20:43 samanthazelin seattle start recording gefn003 sd7 2010-08-04 04:21:23 catrionamunro POL 2010-08-04 04:21:47 catrionamunro APH 2010-08-04 04:21:52 catrionamunro POL tubes 2010-08-04 04:22:12 catrionamunro ACN 2010-08-04 04:22:17 okeanosexplorer SHI 2010-08-04 04:22:19 okeanosexplorer ACN 2010-08-04 04:22:23 elizabethsibert Larger sediment grains below wood 2010-08-04 04:22:24 okeanosexplorer SQA 2010-08-04 04:23:22 jonathanrose tiny tiny sqa 2010-08-04 04:23:28 okeanosexplorer CRA 2010-08-04 04:23:32 okeanosexplorer OPH 2010-08-04 04:24:34 elizabethsibert USO 2010-08-04 04:25:09 eleanorbors small shiny ball like the ones we saw on previous dives 2010-08-04 04:25:16 okeanosexplorer broken shell? 2010-08-04 04:25:32 okeanosexplorer marble 2010-08-04 04:25:48 jonathanrose so what are those things? 2010-08-04 04:25:51 okeanosexplorer any suggestions on what this could be? 2010-08-04 04:26:48 okeanosexplorer POL tubes, nothing sticking out though 2010-08-04 04:27:05 timothyshank polychaete worm tubes 2010-08-04 04:27:09 timothyshank pteropod shell- white 2010-08-04 04:27:23 okeanosexplorer and crwaling worm on sediment POL? 2010-08-04 04:28:39 timothyshank looked like it 2010-08-04 04:29:02 okeanosexplorer GAS limpet 2010-08-04 04:29:54 okeanosexplorer SQA 2010-08-04 04:30:14 jonathanrose Serpulid POL? 2010-08-04 04:30:26 okeanosexplorer yes! 2010-08-04 04:30:35 timothyshank serpulid POL 2010-08-04 04:30:41 timothyshank one on limpet 2010-08-04 04:30:55 jonathanrose yeah pretty deep for them is it not? 2010-08-04 04:31:29 okeanosexplorer is it? 2010-08-04 04:32:13 okeanosexplorer large POL tube 2010-08-04 04:32:15 jonathanrose a quick google says no :) 2010-08-04 04:32:25 okeanosexplorer SQAs 2010-08-04 04:32:33 okeanosexplorer GAS limpets 3x 2010-08-04 04:32:42 timothyshank limpets go down past 5000m, right? 2010-08-04 04:33:22 okeanosexplorer sheels on sediment? 2010-08-04 04:33:28 okeanosexplorer SQA 4x 2010-08-04 04:33:33 timothyshank broken clam shell??????? 2010-08-04 04:33:45 okeanosexplorer ASR 2010-08-04 04:33:50 okeanosexplorer looked like it 2010-08-04 04:34:05 okeanosexplorer SQA 3x 2010-08-04 04:34:12 okeanosexplorer SHI 2010-08-04 04:34:23 okeanosexplorer POL polynoid 2010-08-04 04:34:26 timothyshank yes. 2010-08-04 04:34:29 PMEL ECC ASR seems to be one of the few things with any color 2010-08-04 04:35:41 okeanosexplorer CON 2010-08-04 04:35:49 catrionamunro with CRA inside 2010-08-04 04:36:05 okeanosexplorer SQA on sediment 2010-08-04 04:36:22 eleanorbors many more limpets MOL 2010-08-04 04:36:47 timothyshank Shipmast??? (Hammond) 2010-08-04 04:36:59 timothyshank is CON coconut shell? 2010-08-04 04:37:07 okeanosexplorer yes 2010-08-04 04:37:26 okeanosexplorer 5 OPH in CON 2010-08-04 04:37:31 okeanosexplorer and 3 SQA 2010-08-04 04:38:13 okeanosexplorer mini SQA 2010-08-04 04:38:27 okeanosexplorer APH 2010-08-04 04:39:29 okeanosexplorer SHI 2010-08-04 04:39:33 jonathanrose UVic video 1 ended and file 2 started 2010-08-04 04:39:42 timothyshank I suggest we look at this coconut and then depart. Anyone object?? 2010-08-04 04:39:55 okeanosexplorer agreed 2010-08-04 04:40:09 eleanorbors We agree in Seattle 2010-08-04 04:40:37 elizabethsibert Definitely looks like a HOL from that end 2010-08-04 04:41:40 okeanosexplorer another HOL 2010-08-04 04:41:47 okeanosexplorer and URC 2010-08-04 04:42:06 okeanosexplorer lots of SQA and GAS limpets on thisside of the log 2010-08-04 04:42:20 okeanosexplorer and serpulid POL 2010-08-04 04:42:28 okeanosexplorer SHI too 2010-08-04 04:42:51 elizabethsibert GAS limpits 2010-08-04 04:44:48 PMEL ECC looks like mounds of bioturbation around the tubes sticking out of the sediments near the log? 2010-08-04 04:45:52 jonathanrose did this show up on sonar? 2010-08-04 04:46:18 timothyshank okay, let's make tracks 2010-08-04 04:46:54 okeanosexplorer yes, it does show up on sonar 2010-08-04 04:46:58 okeanosexplorer we are moving on 2010-08-04 04:47:03 jonathanrose thanks 2010-08-04 04:48:17 catrionamunro regarding the spheres in the sediment - we suggest gromiids 2010-08-04 04:48:21 okeanosexplorer tether 2010-08-04 04:50:05 catrionamunro gromiids, from google: http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/nocs/news.php?action=display_news&idx=671 2010-08-04 04:50:34 okeanosexplorer I like that 2010-08-04 04:50:51 okeanosexplorer deep-sea haggises 2010-08-04 04:50:55 jonathanrose yeah sounds good 2010-08-04 04:51:38 timothyshank is this a pilot change? 2010-08-04 04:51:41 okeanosexplorer way too much sediment 2010-08-04 04:52:10 okeanosexplorer no, the sled/ship needs to catch up 2010-08-04 04:52:22 okeanosexplorer not enough tether 2010-08-04 04:52:33 timothyshank have to try to avoid thrusting down while going uphill- not easy - can come to a higher altitude...and have enough tether 2010-08-04 04:54:38 okeanosexplorer shall we create a new code for the groomiids? 2010-08-04 04:54:47 elizabethsibert GRM? GRO? 2010-08-04 04:54:55 okeanosexplorer I like GRO 2010-08-04 04:54:57 jonathanrose yeah 2010-08-04 04:55:20 okeanosexplorer *gromiids 2010-08-04 04:55:31 elizabethsibert GRO it is then 2010-08-04 04:55:32 elizabethsibert WOD 2010-08-04 04:55:52 okeanosexplorer alright, it has been established 2010-08-04 04:56:16 samanthazelin seattle stop recording gefn003 sd7 2010-08-04 04:56:23 samanthazelin settle start recording gefn004 sd7 2010-08-04 04:56:26 okeanosexplorer GAS limpets on WOD 2010-08-04 04:57:11 okeanosexplorer pteropod shell? 2010-08-04 04:57:41 okeanosexplorer 3h of bottom left 2010-08-04 04:58:09 timothyshank yes, I think so. I think we can move 2010-08-04 04:58:27 okeanosexplorer yes, were just waiting for the ship to catch up 2010-08-04 04:58:43 timothyshank Are you sure about that bottom time? 2010-08-04 04:58:50 okeanosexplorer would you like to increase the speed at 0.2 knots or keep it at 0.1 2010-08-04 04:59:13 okeanosexplorer 3.5 of bottom time left, sorry 2010-08-04 04:59:13 catrionamunro leaf 2010-08-04 04:59:25 okeanosexplorer yes, we have to be on deck at 6pm today 2010-08-04 04:59:26 timothyshank Yes, I think so. 2010-08-04 05:00:01 okeanosexplorer ok, so confirm speed upt to 0.2 knots? 2010-08-04 05:00:08 okeanosexplorer *up 2010-08-04 05:00:24 catrionamunro FOR 2010-08-04 05:00:28 timothyshank We can go 0.2...I was hoping we could zoom a little to get a view of whether or not we should stop 2010-08-04 05:01:31 okeanosexplorer FEC 2010-08-04 05:01:43 jonathanrose heh 2010-08-04 05:02:49 okeanosexplorer correction, I thought it was 12pm right now. we only have 2.5h of bottom left 2010-08-04 05:03:07 jonathanrose thanks 2010-08-04 05:03:16 okeanosexplorer 46min to WP2 at current speed 2010-08-04 05:03:20 timothyshank If anyone watching sees something that is worthy of a stop, please say so. The delay in the audio and video (and they are offset by 8 seconds or so) makes it difficult for the ECC in Jakarta to say stop without raising a cloud of dust when turning around. Thank you. 2010-08-04 05:03:38 okeanosexplorer OK, will do 2010-08-04 05:03:47 okeanosexplorer FEC 2010-08-04 05:03:54 okeanosexplorer XEN 2010-08-04 05:03:57 jonathanrose ROV depth 3612, heading 117 2010-08-04 05:04:04 eleanorbors WOD 2010-08-04 05:04:36 okeanosexplorer real depth is 3606m 2010-08-04 05:04:55 okeanosexplorer rubbish 2010-08-04 05:05:13 timothyshank right, the problem is the slow current not taking the cast up sediments away.... 2010-08-04 05:05:55 okeanosexplorer SHI 2010-08-04 05:06:10 okeanosexplorer siphonophore on sled camera? 2010-08-04 05:06:28 timothyshank yes. 2010-08-04 05:06:40 eleanorbors Leaf 2010-08-04 05:06:43 catrionamunro lef 2010-08-04 05:06:50 elizabethsibert FOR on Leaf 2010-08-04 05:07:01 okeanosexplorer WOD 2010-08-04 05:07:05 eleanorbors FEC 2010-08-04 05:07:10 okeanosexplorer no, FEC 2010-08-04 05:07:19 okeanosexplorer dup 2010-08-04 05:07:30 okeanosexplorer sill no epibenthic megafauna to be seen 2010-08-04 05:07:38 elizabethsibert WOD 2010-08-04 05:07:51 catrionamunro FEC 2010-08-04 05:08:01 elizabethsibert GAS limpit behind 2010-08-04 05:08:10 catrionamunro ASR 2010-08-04 05:08:33 jonathanrose this was piece was heavily bored into 2010-08-04 05:08:34 okeanosexplorer SHI 2010-08-04 05:09:13 catrionamunro GAS 2010-08-04 05:09:33 okeanosexplorer XEN 2010-08-04 05:11:34 catrionamunro WOD 2010-08-04 05:11:57 jonathanrose SHI 2010-08-04 05:12:00 okeanosexplorer extremely low abundances on sediments, high localized abundances and diversity on wood falls 2010-08-04 05:12:25 elizabethsibert Why so much wood around here? How close are we to land? 2010-08-04 05:12:39 okeanosexplorer close 2010-08-04 05:13:07 okeanosexplorer we have been close to land in most dives so far 2010-08-04 05:13:14 okeanosexplorer let me give you a distance 2010-08-04 05:14:37 eleanorbors FEC 2010-08-04 05:14:41 catrionamunro WOD 2010-08-04 05:14:41 eleanorbors WOD 2010-08-04 05:14:54 jonathanrose alright! 2010-08-04 05:15:01 elizabethsibert CRA 2010-08-04 05:15:04 elizabethsibert URC 2010-08-04 05:15:11 eleanorbors Lots of WOR 2010-08-04 05:15:22 elizabethsibert GAS Limpit? 2010-08-04 05:15:39 catrionamunro POL 2010-08-04 05:15:40 okeanosexplorer lots of POL serpulids 2010-08-04 05:15:59 eleanorbors Perhaps this log has been here longer, considering its state and the size of the fauna on it. 2010-08-04 05:16:21 jonathanrose yeah it is much less intact than the earlier log 2010-08-04 05:17:15 okeanosexplorer ACN 2010-08-04 05:17:43 okeanosexplorer black things again 2010-08-04 05:17:45 jonathanrose siphons? 2010-08-04 05:17:48 okeanosexplorer SQA 2010-08-04 05:18:33 samanthazelin microbial mat? 2010-08-04 05:18:35 catrionamunro GAS limpet 2010-08-04 05:18:44 catrionamunro URC 2010-08-04 05:18:56 elizabethsibert More POL Serpulids 2010-08-04 05:18:59 elizabethsibert ACN 2010-08-04 05:19:43 catrionamunro OPH 2010-08-04 05:21:11 PMEL ECC bioturbation mounds around tubes sticking out of sediments near log again 2010-08-04 05:21:31 okeanosexplorer broken shells on sediment? 2010-08-04 05:21:47 okeanosexplorer POL tubes 2010-08-04 05:23:23 PMEL ECC ROVturbation? 2010-08-04 05:23:30 okeanosexplorer yes 2010-08-04 05:23:40 samanthazelin seatle stop recording gefn004 sd7 2010-08-04 05:23:45 samanthazelin seattle start recording gefn005 sd7 2010-08-04 05:24:19 PMEL ECC sediments stirred up by ROV are much more silty than earlier (ROV went deeper into sediments?) 2010-08-04 05:24:55 elizabethsibert WOD 2010-08-04 05:24:57 okeanosexplorer bamboo 2010-08-04 05:25:15 catrionamunro CON 2010-08-04 05:25:44 elizabethsibert WOD again 2010-08-04 05:27:03 timothyshank no trails, I don't think... 2010-08-04 05:27:14 eleanorbors TRASH 2010-08-04 05:27:21 timothyshank tea bag? 2010-08-04 05:27:30 okeanosexplorer lots of rubbish around here 2010-08-04 05:27:46 okeanosexplorer looked like a pack of katchup 2010-08-04 05:27:58 catrionamunro XEN 2010-08-04 05:28:10 timothyshank plastic tea bag wrapper, I meant 2010-08-04 05:28:38 eleanorbors HOL 2010-08-04 05:28:41 jonathanrose woo! 2010-08-04 05:28:43 okeanosexplorer ah, could be 2010-08-04 05:28:49 eleanorbors We've seen this kind before I think.... the purple? 2010-08-04 05:28:56 okeanosexplorer yes 2010-08-04 05:29:03 okeanosexplorer in the previous deep dive at K 2010-08-04 05:29:10 eleanorbors We discussed either HOL or NUD, right? 2010-08-04 05:29:21 okeanosexplorer yeah 2010-08-04 05:29:27 okeanosexplorer I am totally pro HOL 2010-08-04 05:29:34 eleanorbors Moi aussi. 2010-08-04 05:29:48 elizabethsibert PAG 2010-08-04 05:29:58 elizabethsibert with ACN 2010-08-04 05:30:18 elizabethsibert Definitely senses the ROV 2010-08-04 05:31:17 elizabethsibert HOL 2010-08-04 05:31:17 catrionamunro HOL 2010-08-04 05:31:44 okeanosexplorer the benthopelagic kind 2010-08-04 05:32:49 elizabethsibert CON husk 2010-08-04 05:33:34 okeanosexplorer ok, closest landmass is 19.5 miles away, to the east 2010-08-04 05:34:34 elizabethsibert Thanks! Also, why is there so much more wood here than anywhere else? Just because it accumulates more at greater depth because its broken down slower? 2010-08-04 05:34:39 okeanosexplorer SHI 2010-08-04 05:34:52 catrionamunro FEC 2010-08-04 05:34:56 eleanorbors Perhaps from the most recent monsoon season? 2010-08-04 05:35:03 okeanosexplorer that would have to do with temperature 2010-08-04 05:35:06 samanthazelin maybe there is less to break down the wood here. less degraders to eat it. 2010-08-04 05:35:16 catrionamunro PYC 2010-08-04 05:35:17 elizabethsibert PYC 2010-08-04 05:35:22 elizabethsibert (duplicate) - swimming 2010-08-04 05:35:33 okeanosexplorer but I think one explanation is that there is so little fauna here that we are just noticing them more 2010-08-04 05:36:14 catrionamunro FEC 2010-08-04 05:36:15 okeanosexplorer FEC 2010-08-04 05:36:24 catrionamunro can we zoom on the pink thing? 2010-08-04 05:36:36 elizabethsibert Very small FSH? 2010-08-04 05:36:37 timothyshank SHI in sediment with tube? 2010-08-04 05:37:12 okeanosexplorer XEN 2010-08-04 05:37:42 okeanosexplorer clean circles on sediment 2010-08-04 05:38:52 catrionamunro WOD 2010-08-04 05:39:50 elizabethsibert Looks like WOD to me too 2010-08-04 05:40:01 eleanorbors SQA 2010-08-04 05:40:11 eleanorbors OPHs 2010-08-04 05:40:22 okeanosexplorer staining around wood, bacterial films? 2010-08-04 05:40:48 elizabethsibert CRA, ASR/OPH, APH 2010-08-04 05:41:03 okeanosexplorer POL tubes in sediment 2010-08-04 05:41:14 okeanosexplorer mounds on sediment too 2010-08-04 05:43:07 elizabethsibert Flatworm? 2010-08-04 05:43:07 catrionamunro WOR flatworm 2010-08-04 05:44:09 okeanosexplorer *I said photodetritus earlier, but I meant phytodetritus 2010-08-04 05:44:45 catrionamunro HOL 2010-08-04 05:45:25 eleanorbors FEC 2010-08-04 05:45:48 okeanosexplorer POL hitchhiker on it 2010-08-04 05:46:59 catrionamunro WOD 2010-08-04 05:47:14 okeanosexplorer pilot change 2010-08-04 05:48:29 elizabethsibert WOD w/ OPH 2010-08-04 05:48:37 okeanosexplorer wait, not yet 2010-08-04 05:49:15 elizabethsibert More WOD 2010-08-04 05:49:42 okeanosexplorer advanced decaying state 2010-08-04 05:49:53 okeanosexplorer GAS limpet? 2010-08-04 05:50:31 eleanorbors more small WOD 2010-08-04 05:50:57 okeanosexplorer FEC 2010-08-04 05:51:03 samanthazelin seattle stop recording gefn005 2010-08-04 05:51:13 elizabethsibert Stalk? 2010-08-04 05:51:16 samanthazelin seattle start recording gefn006 sd7 2010-08-04 05:51:16 okeanosexplorer very little abundance of HOL compared with deep K site 2010-08-04 05:51:21 elizabethsibert HYD? 2010-08-04 05:51:33 jonathanrose 2 APH 2010-08-04 05:52:07 catrionamunro GAS 2010-08-04 05:52:11 catrionamunro x2 2010-08-04 05:52:13 okeanosexplorer also, low amounts of particles/marine snow falling here 2010-08-04 05:52:17 elizabethsibert SPO at base? 2010-08-04 05:54:11 elizabethsibert Broken off SPO? 2010-08-04 05:54:41 timothyshank think so too. Jeremy says chicken skin 2010-08-04 05:55:15 okeanosexplorer I say deceased HOL 2010-08-04 05:57:43 elizabethsibert WHOI out for quick look at Aurora Be back shortly. 2010-08-04 05:57:57 okeanosexplorer pictures! 2010-08-04 05:58:10 timothyshank ???? Aurora? 2010-08-04 05:58:45 okeanosexplorer yes! northern lights 2010-08-04 05:59:17 okeanosexplorer eruptions in the sun 2010-08-04 05:59:20 samanthazelin sea cucumber 2010-08-04 05:59:27 okeanosexplorer plasma into space 2010-08-04 05:59:44 okeanosexplorer we should be able to see some if we are lucky 2010-08-04 05:59:47 jonathanrose there was a big coronal mass ejection that should be hitting us now 2010-08-04 06:00:09 okeanosexplorer but most likely won't 2010-08-04 06:00:27 okeanosexplorer I mean at this latitude, Indonesia 2010-08-04 06:00:49 samanthazelin fresh bamboo 2010-08-04 06:01:41 timothyshank chair back/arm- bamboo/wood 2010-08-04 06:01:55 jonathanrose my guess too 2010-08-04 06:02:07 jonathanrose those are crazy tiny 2010-08-04 06:02:10 okeanosexplorer archaeology 2010-08-04 06:02:21 okeanosexplorer ASR 2010-08-04 06:02:23 samanthazelin SO CUTE! 2010-08-04 06:02:24 timothyshank The indonesians here say it is a hanger of a seal or wall hanging 2010-08-04 06:02:26 okeanosexplorer APH 2010-08-04 06:02:42 elizabethsibert WHOI Back 2010-08-04 06:02:49 elizabethsibert (It's tinged red, but nothing spectacular yet) 2010-08-04 06:02:54 timothyshank great video that shows what's there.... 2010-08-04 06:04:42 catrionamunro HOL 2010-08-04 06:05:04 okeanosexplorer http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/03/northern.lights/index.html?hpt=C2 2010-08-04 06:05:09 timothyshank 1 or 2? 2010-08-04 06:05:17 timothyshank 1 or 2 HOL, I mean 2010-08-04 06:05:27 okeanosexplorer did you see the aurora WHOI? 2010-08-04 06:05:39 okeanosexplorer I thought it was just one feeding 2010-08-04 06:05:49 okeanosexplorer but you are making me doubt 2010-08-04 06:06:10 catrionamunro We didn't see anything dramatic, just a bit of red. Will check back later. 2010-08-04 06:06:15 catrionamunro CON 2010-08-04 06:06:15 okeanosexplorer CON 2010-08-04 06:08:45 okeanosexplorer pilot change 2010-08-04 06:09:07 okeanosexplorer welcome first-timer Vincent 2010-08-04 06:09:24 PMEL ECC Triyono just shoed us a photo of a fish trap that looks exactly like the wood piece we saw a few minutes ago - it looks like it was part of a fish trap just like he showed us a photo of. 2010-08-04 06:10:48 timothyshank Excellent- the guys here say "could be". Ha. Must be trying to catch pretty big fish.... 2010-08-04 06:10:49 jonathanrose ahh cool 2010-08-04 06:11:44 okeanosexplorer debate around the man-made object... could you send us a picture of what you think it is? 2010-08-04 06:12:08 okeanosexplorer HOL 2010-08-04 06:13:17 timothyshank an indonesian wall hanger? I can only google it. 2010-08-04 06:13:34 okeanosexplorer the fish trap 2010-08-04 06:14:30 timothyshank nothing comes up..... 2010-08-04 06:14:57 okeanosexplorer no, we need a better name 2010-08-04 06:17:15 okeanosexplorer XEN 2010-08-04 06:17:32 okeanosexplorer FEC 2010-08-04 06:17:43 okeanosexplorer PAG 2010-08-04 06:17:43 elizabethsibert PAG 2010-08-04 06:17:45 elizabethsibert HOL 2010-08-04 06:17:57 elizabethsibert PAG has ACN w/ polyps retracted 2010-08-04 06:18:14 elizabethsibert Large HOL 2010-08-04 06:19:30 timothyshank http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3118/2828809821_25aef2bbc5.jpg&imgrefurl=http://flickr.com/photos/24958171%40N06/2828809821/&usg=__Mx0uoq64niUUVErZwCkVV7KFPbQ=&h=500&w=331&sz=134&hl=en&start=20&tbnid=dEj0m0EaTG6MtM:&tbnh=129&tbnw=86&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dindonesian%2Bfish%2Btrap%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26biw%3D966%26bih%3D676%26tbs%3Disch:10%2C562&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=362&vpy=318&dur=9&hovh=130&hovw=86&tx=107&ty=82&ei=7AVZTIv3A8OAnQebyIy1CQ&page=2&ndsp=12&ved=1t:429,r:5,s:20&biw=966&bih=676 2010-08-04 06:20:05 eleanorbors some of that punctuation was interpreted as emotion... 2010-08-04 06:20:14 eleanorbors On my chat screen at least 2010-08-04 06:20:34 jonathanrose came though ok here 2010-08-04 06:20:37 eleanorbors (it made it into a bunch of smily faces on mine 2010-08-04 06:20:45 timothyshank I know. Here: 2010-08-04 06:20:46 timothyshank http://www.flickr.com/photos/24958171@N06/2828809821/ 2010-08-04 06:20:47 elizabethsibert Shortened link:http://www.flickr.com/photos/24958171@N06/2828809821/ 2010-08-04 06:20:51 eleanorbors Thanks! 2010-08-04 06:20:57 samanthazelin it worked for me too. that's really similar to what Triyono found here. 2010-08-04 06:21:00 jonathanrose that piece easily could have broken off one of those 2010-08-04 06:21:25 timothyshank agreed.... not a deep sea trap huh. 2010-08-04 06:21:33 PMEL ECC either that or go to Google images and type in "bubu ikan" and you will get lots of images 2010-08-04 06:21:37 eleanorbors CON 2010-08-04 06:21:54 okeanosexplorer SHI 2010-08-04 06:21:56 samanthazelin seattle stop recording gefn006 sd7 2010-08-04 06:22:03 samanthazelin seattle start recording gefn007 sd7 2010-08-04 06:22:11 timothyshank dark linear pieces? 2010-08-04 06:23:44 okeanosexplorer depth 3596m 2010-08-04 06:23:45 jonathanrose leaf 2010-08-04 06:25:36 okeanosexplorer FEC 2010-08-04 06:25:53 PMEL ECC here's another link about the fish traps (from Triyono) http://wildasia.org/main.cfm/library/Maylasian_bubu_makers 2010-08-04 06:26:09 elizabethsibert HOL 2010-08-04 06:26:09 catrionamunro HOL 2010-08-04 06:26:15 timothyshank Yes please 2010-08-04 06:26:16 elizabethsibert What is that huge spike? 2010-08-04 06:26:19 jonathanrose mr spikey here 2010-08-04 06:26:30 okeanosexplorer no clue 2010-08-04 06:26:30 timothyshank tentacle 2010-08-04 06:26:41 okeanosexplorer tentacle? 2010-08-04 06:26:53 timothyshank papilli 2010-08-04 06:26:58 eleanorbors Shark HOL. 2010-08-04 06:27:06 okeanosexplorer haha 2010-08-04 06:27:25 okeanosexplorer more like a killer whale 2010-08-04 06:29:28 eleanorbors This thing is wigging me out. 2010-08-04 06:29:29 elizabethsibert Phsychropotes sp? (I just googled) 2010-08-04 06:30:32 elizabethsibert Apparantly caught from a bottom trawl ~3300m down in the Ross Sea 2010-08-04 06:30:34 jonathanrose SQA 2010-08-04 06:32:55 okeanosexplorer right elizabeth 2010-08-04 06:33:13 elizabethsibert http://www.caml.aq/voyages/tangaroa-2007-2008/logbook-week6.html - scroll down a bit for a picture 2010-08-04 06:33:34 eleanorbors HOL 2010-08-04 06:34:18 okeanosexplorer there might be a miss spelling, only 3 hits in google.. 2010-08-04 06:34:53 okeanosexplorer leaf 2010-08-04 06:35:06 elizabethsibert FEC 2010-08-04 06:35:32 elizabethsibert Psychropotes sp 2010-08-04 06:35:34 eleanorbors garbage? 2010-08-04 06:35:35 elizabethsibert is the correct spelling 2010-08-04 06:35:52 catrionamunro PAG 2010-08-04 06:36:09 jonathanrose they look pretty awkward 2010-08-04 06:39:08 okeanosexplorer sataining on sediment 2010-08-04 06:39:17 jonathanrose wood 2010-08-04 06:39:21 catrionamunro URC 2010-08-04 06:39:22 catrionamunro ASR 2010-08-04 06:39:41 timothyshank burrow mounds 2010-08-04 06:40:25 okeanosexplorer CON 2010-08-04 06:40:38 okeanosexplorer PAG with ZOA 2010-08-04 06:40:55 okeanosexplorer staining from wood 2010-08-04 06:41:04 eleanorbors WOD 2010-08-04 06:42:08 okeanosexplorer SHI 2010-08-04 06:43:55 okeanosexplorer XEN 2010-08-04 06:45:47 okeanosexplorer memeridge is heavily sedimented and poor in fauna (except for wood falls) 2010-08-04 06:46:02 catrionamunro trash? 2010-08-04 06:46:17 catrionamunro bottle of water 2010-08-04 06:46:20 okeanosexplorer water cup 2010-08-04 06:46:32 jonathanrose heh 2010-08-04 06:47:18 elizabethsibert WOD? 2010-08-04 06:47:20 catrionamunro yellow something? 2010-08-04 06:48:02 okeanosexplorer vine? 2010-08-04 06:48:26 timothyshank vine; ripped at other end- shiny 2010-08-04 06:48:40 catrionamunro SHI 2010-08-04 06:48:42 okeanosexplorer SHI 2010-08-04 06:49:05 timothyshank done 2010-08-04 06:50:36 samanthazelin seattle stop recording gefn007 sd7 2010-08-04 06:50:43 samanthazelin seattle start recording gefn008 sd7 2010-08-04 06:52:25 elizabethsibert SHI 2010-08-04 06:54:12 catrionamunro HOL 2010-08-04 06:55:36 elizabethsibert PAG 2010-08-04 06:55:44 samanthazelin running crab! 2010-08-04 06:57:11 timothyshank red thing? 2010-08-04 06:57:25 timothyshank just curious if you saw what it was... 2010-08-04 06:58:11 timothyshank definitely know what this feature, Memesridge look like. Lots of organic falls. 2010-08-04 06:58:44 okeanosexplorer sorry, my IM program just crashed 2010-08-04 06:58:47 okeanosexplorer missed that 2010-08-04 06:59:08 elizabethsibert Vine 2010-08-04 07:00:18 jonathanrose pretty barren 2010-08-04 07:00:35 elizabethsibert CON 2010-08-04 07:00:48 okeanosexplorer cricle 2010-08-04 07:01:18 okeanosexplorer GAS limpet and APH on CON 2010-08-04 07:02:41 catrionamunro WOD 2010-08-04 07:02:54 okeanosexplorer yes, those falls seem to be fueling the diversity of this place 2010-08-04 07:03:17 catrionamunro burrow 2010-08-04 07:03:33 okeanosexplorer not even OPHs on sediment! 2010-08-04 07:04:30 catrionamunro POL? 2010-08-04 07:04:58 okeanosexplorer CRI? 2010-08-04 07:05:01 jonathanrose CRI? 2010-08-04 07:07:12 okeanosexplorer leaf 2010-08-04 07:08:11 okeanosexplorer depth 3585m 2010-08-04 07:08:29 catrionamunro HOL 2010-08-04 07:09:30 PMEL ECC great video of defensive behavior 2010-08-04 07:09:51 PMEL ECC video of swimming also 2010-08-04 07:10:18 catrionamunro WOD 2010-08-04 07:10:27 elizabethsibert Burrow 2010-08-04 07:10:53 catrionamunro SHI 2010-08-04 07:11:24 catrionamunro or APH even? 2010-08-04 07:11:55 jonathanrose How many dives after this one? 2010-08-04 07:11:56 okeanosexplorer we are at WP3 2010-08-04 07:12:13 okeanosexplorer we have about 5min of bottom time left 2010-08-04 07:12:28 okeanosexplorer we got some good wood today 2010-08-04 07:12:32 elizabethsibert CON husks 2010-08-04 07:13:27 elizabethsibert FSH 2010-08-04 07:13:27 okeanosexplorer first dive that we don't see a single coral or ophiuroid on sediment 2010-08-04 07:13:37 elizabethsibert (to right) 2010-08-04 07:14:00 okeanosexplorer no hard substrate at all 2010-08-04 07:14:41 catrionamunro Jonathan - re: dives. I believe there are two more 2010-08-04 07:14:44 okeanosexplorer I think we can call this the end of the dive 2010-08-04 07:15:11 okeanosexplorer pilot is practicing his newly acquired skills 2010-08-04 07:15:19 samanthazelin seattle stop recording gefn008 sd7 2010-08-04 07:15:31 elizabethsibert WHOI Stop recording on INDEX 2010-08-04 07:15:38 okeanosexplorer yes, we should have two more dives 2010-08-04 07:15:57 okeanosexplorer Thu and Fri 2010-08-04 07:15:59 marjolainematabos VIctoria stop recording LH_Vid1_04 2010-08-04 07:16:00 jonathanrose great thanks 2010-08-04 07:16:15 okeanosexplorer thank you all for participating tonight 2010-08-04 07:16:37 okeanosexplorer this is the end of EX1004_LEG_ROV12 2010-08-04 07:16:39 elizabethsibert Thanks all for a fun dive! Good night from WHOI 2010-08-04 07:16:50 catrionamunro 'Night all! 2010-08-04 07:17:01 eleanorbors Good night! 2010-08-04 07:30:49 PMEL ECC Seattle ECC is emptying out.... Thanks everyone, see you tomorrow 2010-08-04 08:58:26 okeanosexplorer This is a live update from the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer. Dian speaking here. The local EX time is 05.00 pm.  We are  concluding ROV dive operation and still waiting for the ROV comes up on the surface. The current depth is 1450. The coordinates is 3 deg 35.44325’ N – 125 deg 08.46675’  E. 2010-08-04 10:01:06 okeanosexplorer This is a live update from the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer. Dian speaking here. The local EX time is 06.00 pm.  We are  concluding ROV dive operation and The  ROV is coming up on the surface now. The Current coordinates is 3 deg 35.30543 ’ N – 125 deg 08.06890’  E. 2010-08-04 11:01:50 okeanosexplorer This is a live update from the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer. Dian speaking here. The local EX time is 07.00 pm.  The  ROV is on deck properly at 06.12.  After that We are conducting multibeam mapping operation to the west. The Current heading is 271 deg. Speed is 7.6 knt.  Bottom depth is 4763. m. And The coordinates is 3.58103 deg N – 125.01840 deg  E. 2010-08-04 13:02:29 okeanosexplorer This is a live update from the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer. Santiago Herrera speaking here. The local EX time is 09.00 pm.  We are conducting multibeam mapping operation to the south of the manado line. The Current heading is 177 deg. Speed is 8.3 knt.  Bottom depth is 3023. m. And the coordinates are 3.57340 deg N – 125.31812 deg  E. 2010-08-04 16:01:20 okeanosexplorer This is a live update from the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer. Rainer Troa speaking here. The local EX time is 00.00 am.  We are conducting multibeam mapping operation to the south of the manado line. The Current heading is 187 deg. Speed is 8.2 knt.  Bottom depth is 2004m. And the coordinates are 3.1425 deg N – 125.32305 deg  E. 2010-08-04 17:04:20 okeanosexplorer This is a live update from the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer. Rainer Troa speaking here. The local EX time is 01.00 am.  We are conducting multibeam mapping operation to the south of the manado line. The Current heading is 196 deg. Speed is 8.8 knt.  Bottom depth is 2859m. And the coordinates are 2.9900 deg N – 125.30443 deg  E. 2010-08-04 18:03:49 okeanosexplorer This is a live update from the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer. Rainer Troa speaking here. The local EX time is 02.00 am.  We are conducting multibeam mapping operation to the south. The Current heading is 189 deg. Speed is 7.7 knt.  Bottom depth is 2732 m. And the coordinates are 2.873 deg N – 125.3058 deg  E. 2010-08-04 23:02:48 okeanosexplorer This is a live update from the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer. Rainer Troa speaking here. The local EX time is 04.00 am.  We are conducting multibeam mapping operation to the south area. The Current heading is 349 deg. Speed is 9.5 knt.  Bottom depth is 1788 m. And the coordinates are 2.721 deg N – 125.269 deg  E. 2010-08-04 23:02:53 okeanosexplorer This is a live update from the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer. Dian speaking here. The local EX time is 07.00 am.  We are concluding  multibeam mapping operation at 6.41 am and begin preparation for  ROV dive site to next area 5 nm from west Siau Island. The Current heading is 168 deg. Speed is 4.8 knt.  Bottom depth is 2319 m. And The coordinates is 2 deg 42.54’  N – 125 deg  16.53’  E. 2010-08-04 23:59:32 PMEL ECC Hello - Sharon Walker is in the PMEL ECC. The others should be arriving fairly soon