07/15/2011,03:05:07,okeanosexplorer,This is a live update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. Local shipboard time is 2100 hours. We are currently conducting multibeam mapping operations inside the Ecuadorian EEZ. The ship's current heading is 133 degrees, location is 02.15° N, 089.62° W. We are currently transiting to our next ROV dive site. Thank you. 07/15/2011,04:49:13,okeanosexplorer,This is a live update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. Local shipboard time is 2250 hours. We are currently conducting multibeam mapping operations inside the Ecuadorian EEZ. The ship's current heading is 135 degrees, location is 01.89° N, 089.42° W. We are currently transiting to our next ROV dive site. Thank you. 07/15/2011,06:14:20,okeanosexplorer, This is a live update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, America's ship for ocean exploration. This is Chris Pinero. Local shipboar time is 0014 hours. We are currently conducting mapping operations inside the Ecuador Exclusive Economic Zone. The ship's current heading is 138 degrees, and location is 01.71° N, 089.25° W. We expect to arrive at our next dive target, designated 2a, at 0800 Mountain time later today. ROV launch is sceduled for 0830 Mountain time today. Next update at the top of the hour. Thank You. 07/15/2011,07:01:28,okeanosexplorer,This is a live update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, America's ship for ocean exploration. This is Nick Kraus. Local shipboar time is 0100 hours. We are currently conducting mapping operations inside the Ecuador Exclusive Economic Zone. The ship's current heading is 133 degrees, and location is 01.61° N, 089.15° W. We expect to arrive at our next dive target, designated 2a, at 0800 Mountain time later today. ROV launch is sceduled for 0830 Mountain time today. Next update at the top of the hour. Thank You. 07/15/2011,08:04:04,okeanosexplorer,This is a live update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, America's ship for ocean exploration. This is Chris Pinero. Local shipboard time is 0204 hours. We are currently conducting mapping operations inside the Ecuador Exclusive Economic Zone. The ship's current heading is 132 degrees, and location is 01.48° N, 089.03° W. We expect to arrive at our next dive target, designated 2a, at 0800 Mountain time later today. ROV launch is sceduled for 0830 Mountain time today. Next update at the top of the hour. Thank You. 07/15/2011,08:56:59,okeanosexplorer,This is a live update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, America's ship for ocean exploration. This is Nick Kraus. Local shipboar time is 0300 hours. We are currently conducting mapping operations inside the Ecuador Exclusive Economic Zone. The ship's current heading is 133 degrees, and location is 01.37° N, 088.92° W. We expect to arrive at our next dive target, designated 2a, at 0800 Mountain time later today. ROV launch is sceduled for 0830 Mountain time today. Next update at the top of the hour. Thank You. 07/15/2011,09:37:17,okeanosexplorer,EX video feed will be shut down for maintenance until ROV pre-dive later today. 07/15/2011,09:39:32,okeanosexplorer,Scheduled dive time later today is 0830 Moutain time, pre-dive will likely commence at 0630. Further updates will be made here when available. 07/15/2011,11:00:09,okeanosexplorer,This is a live update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, America's ship for ocean exploration. This is Chris Pinero. Local shipboard time is 0500 hours. We are currently conducting mapping operations inside the Ecuador Exclusive Economic Zone. The ship's current heading is 13 degrees, and location is 01.11° N, 088.67° W. We expect to arrive at our next dive target, designated 2a, at 0800 Mountain time later today. ROV launch is sceduled for 0830 Mountain time today. Next update at the top of the hour. Thank You. 07/15/2011,11:02:09,okeanosexplorer,EX video feed will be shut down for maintenance until ROV pre-dive later today. Scheduled dive time later today is 0830 Moutain time, pre-dive will likely commence at 0630. Further updates will be made here when available. 07/15/2011,11:56:08,okeanosexplorer,This is a live update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, America's ship for ocean exploration. This is Chris Pinero. Local shipboard time is 0500 hours. We are currently conducting mapping operations inside the Ecuador Exclusive Economic Zone. The ship's current heading is 13 degrees, and location is 01.11° N, 088.67° W. We expect to arrive at our next dive target, designated 2a, at 0800 Mountain time later today. ROV launch is sceduled for 0830 Mountain time today. Next update at the top of the hour. Thank You. 07/15/2011,12:01:01,okeanosexplorer,This is a live update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, America's ship for ocean exploration. This is Chris Pinero. Local shipboard time is 0600 hours. We are currently conducting mapping operations inside the Ecuador Exclusive Economic Zone. The ship's current heading is 133 degrees, and location is 00.98° N, 088.55° W. We expect to arrive at our next dive target, designated 2a, at 0800 Mountain time later today. ROV launch is sceduled for 0830 Mountain time today. As a reminder, EX video feed will be shut down for maintenance until ROV pre-dive within the next hour or so. Next update at the top of the hour. Thank You. 07/15/2011,13:09:13,okeanosexplorer,This is a live update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, America's ship for ocean exploration. This is Chris Pinero. Local shipboard time is 0709 hours. We have entangled fishing gear streaming astern of the ship. The ship is stopped while divers endeavor to disentangle the fishing gear. It is not known if the gear is caught on a prop or a rudder. Multibeam operations have been secured while divers are down. We are currently 22 kilometers from our next ROV dive target (designated 2a). ROV pre-dive checklists are complete at this time. We are presently within the Ecuador Exclusive Economic Zone. at location 00.87° N, 088.45° W. We will be restoring the EX video feed shortly. Update to follow. Thank You. 07/15/2011,14:11:01,okeanosexplorer,This is a live update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, America's ship for ocean exploration. This is Chris Pinero. Local shipboard time is 0810. Our ROV dive is presently delayed. We are currently stopped 22 kilometers from our next ROV dive target (designated 2a). ROV pre-dive checklists are complete at this time. We are presently within the Ecuador Exclusive Economic Zone. at location 00° 50.18' N, 088° 25.69' W. Updates will be forthcoming. Thank You. 07/15/2011,15:31:16,santiagoherrera,is there an updated ETA? 07/15/2011,15:38:59,okeanosexplorer,Updated ETA will be forthcoming. Thank you for your patience. 07/15/2011,16:04:20,robertembley,Testing eventlog (Hammond) 07/15/2011,16:40:13,jeremypotter,EX is on the dive location and settling into DP. We expect to launch at ~1100 local. That is in 20min. 07/15/2011,16:50:22,okeanosexplorer,This is a live update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, America's ship for ocean exploration. This is Chris Pinero. Local shipboard time is 1050. Earlier this morning we caught fishing gear which was noticed streaming astern of the ship. We stopped our forward progress to send divers down to disentangle the fishing gear. All fishing gear has been cleared. We are presently on location for our scheduled dive on target 2a. We are within the Ecuador Exclusive Economic Zone at location 00.73°N, 088.31°'W. We expect to launch the ROV at approximately 1100. Thank You. 07/15/2011,16:52:48,craigrussell,FYI, we are not hearing ROV team on the RTS, however we do hear them through the I2 video feed. 07/15/2011,16:54:26,okeanosexplorer,Thank you, Craig. 07/15/2011,17:00:28,craigrussell,Rgr. When we heard you, neither OROE or RIOE could hear. RIOE is beginning troubleshooting in RI. 07/15/2011,17:07:17,Catalina Martinez,We will wait until the ROV is on the bottom and all is settled in the control room to conduct a more comprehensive test of the RTS unit challenges 07/15/2011,17:23:09,Lucy,turtle 07/15/2011,17:23:11,jamesholden,TUR 07/15/2011,17:28:53,jamesholden,Persistent TUR 07/15/2011,17:36:55,timothyshank,Turtle was with the vehicle until 39 meters depth. Deeper than I thought they would normally be. ROV is descending with the ROV group at the control consoles. I will try to get access when they have completed the launch to be able to log station data into the event log. 07/15/2011,17:39:00,Lucy,FSH 07/15/2011,17:39:02,timothyshank,Depth passing 200m 07/15/2011,17:40:47,timothyshank,current rate 20m/min 07/15/2011,17:44:11,okeanosexplorer,300m depth 20m/min 07/15/2011,17:58:05,okeanosexplorer,We are stopping the descent momentarily. 07/15/2011,18:00:50,okeanosexplorer,Holding at 551m depth. Target depth is approx. 1978m. 07/15/2011,18:02:25,okeanosexplorer,resuming descent now. 07/15/2011,18:02:40,coquillerex,Jellyfish 07/15/2011,18:03:12,okeanosexplorer,This is a live update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. This is Tim Shank. The local time aboard the EX is 1202 hours. We are currently descending at 20m/min to a site on the Galapagos Rift where strong hydrothrmal plume signals were detected few weeks ago. Ship’s location is 00 412N N, 88 18.9W. We expect to arrive on the seafloor at approx. 1310 hours local. Thank You. 07/15/2011,18:04:06,santiagoherrera,WHOI is online now, Santiago Herrera, Cat Munro and Walter Cho 07/15/2011,18:04:44,okeanosexplorer,Welcome WHOI. 07/15/2011,18:04:54,santiagoherrera,thank you 07/15/2011,18:05:05,santiagoherrera,thanks for you call, the meeting went very well 07/15/2011,18:06:41,Catalina Martinez,Okeanos, would this be a better time to conduct an RTS test or should we wait? Would be good to take care of this today before we lose techs for the weekend 07/15/2011,18:06:51,okeanosexplorer,Excellent. Thank you again. Verymuch. Did you receive the geology codes I sent? 07/15/2011,18:08:12,okeanosexplorer,Yes, Cat, Webb is calling you. 07/15/2011,18:08:15,santiagoherrera,yes, we can do an RTS test 07/15/2011,18:08:17,jamesholden,Geology codes received in Seattle. 07/15/2011,18:09:02,santiagoherrera,we are available now 07/15/2011,18:09:43,okeanosexplorer,Thank you Jim. I think if we use FIS for fissure and FSH for fish, we'll be in good shape. 07/15/2011,18:10:47,santiagoherrera,Yes Tim thanks, we received the codes, I can add them to the portal with the taxa codes if you like 07/15/2011,18:12:59,okeanosexplorer,Yes please. 07/15/2011,18:15:09,okeanosexplorer,Depth is 800m 07/15/2011,18:18:45,santiagoherrera,will do 07/15/2011,18:24:13,santiagoherrera,Jeremy has already posted the codes under CRUISE PLAN UPDATES 07/15/2011,18:31:32,stevehammond,Newport is hearing the EX fine now. 07/15/2011,18:37:45,okeanosexplorer,When Webb is finished with troubleshooting, we will have a descent discussion via the rts...this should be a minute or two- assuming Seattle, Newport, URI and WHOI are ready. 07/15/2011,18:38:12,scottwhite,Tim and Jeremy - I don't see 3-letter codes for the geology on the RTF attachment. 07/15/2011,18:42:43,okeanosexplorer,I sent them via email. Hmmm. The codes should have been down the left side of the page. Jeremy will update the portal based on this file...within the next ~20 minutes. 07/15/2011,18:52:04,okeanosexplorer,1645m 07/15/2011,18:56:38,Bob Embley,testing 07/15/2011,18:57:08,scottwhite,Hi Bob (Y) 07/15/2011,19:00:25,okeanosexplorer,This is a live update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. This is Tim Shank. The local time aboard the EX is 1300 hours. We are currently holding our descent of the ROV Little Hercules momentarily at 1688m depth. We are diving on a site on the Galapagos Rift where strong hydrothrmal plume signals were detected few weeks ago. Ship’s location is 00 44.03N N, 88 18.9W. Thank You. 07/15/2011,19:13:18,santiagoherrera,EX could you please confirm the official name of today's dive? 07/15/2011,19:17:55,okeanosexplorer,Update: We are holding our descent at 1688m. 07/15/2011,19:20:50,santiagoherrera,WHOI started recording EX1103L2_Dive02_7_15_11.1 07/15/2011,19:23:05,okeanosexplorer,Today's dive is EX1103L2_Dive02_7_15_11 the date on the end is optional 07/15/2011,19:23:56,okeanosexplorer,We are proceeding now to the bottom. 20m/min 07/15/2011,19:26:24,santiagoherrera,thanks 07/15/2011,19:26:45,santiagoherrera,these are the updated taxa and geology codes (already posted in the portal) 07/15/2011,19:26:50,santiagoherrera, 07/15/2011,DIVE CODES 07/15/2011, 07/15/2011,Taxa = 07/15/2011,ACN - Actinaria (anemone) 07/15/2011,APH - Amphipod 07/15/2011,ART - Arthropod 07/15/2011,ASR - Asteroid 07/15/2011,BAR - Barnacle 07/15/2011,BIO - Biology - (Unspecified) 07/15/2011,BIV - Bivalve 07/15/2011,BRA - Brachiopod 07/15/2011,BRY - Bryozoan 07/15/2011,CHI - Chiton 07/15/2011,CHN - Chondrichthyes 07/15/2011,CLA - Clams 07/15/2011,CNI - Cnidarian 07/15/2011,CON - Coconut 07/15/2011,COP - Copepods 07/15/2011,COR - Coral 07/15/2011,CRA - Crab 07/15/2011,CRI - Crinoid 07/15/2011,DAN - Dandelion 07/15/2011,ECN - echiuran 07/15/2011,EGG - egg - case 07/15/2011,FEC - fecal - matter 07/15/2011,FIS=FSH - Fish 07/15/2011,FOR - Foraminiferan 07/15/2011,GAS - Gastropods (not limpets) 07/15/2011,GRO - Gromiid 07/15/2011,HOL - Holutharian 07/15/2011,HYD - Hydroid 07/15/2011,ISO - Isopod 07/15/2011,JFH - Jellyfish 07/15/2011,LIM - Limpets 07/15/2011,LOB - Lobster 07/15/2011,MAT - Bacterial - Mat 07/15/2011,MOL - Mollusk 07/15/2011,MUS - Mussels 07/15/2011,NUD - Nudibranch 07/15/2011,OCT - Octopus 07/15/2011,OPH - Ophiuroid 07/15/2011,PAG - Pagurid - (hermit) 07/15/2011,PEN - Pennatulacean 07/15/2011,POL - Polychaete 07/15/2011,RIF - Riftia 07/15/2011,SCA - Scale - worm 07/15/2011,SHI - Shrimp 07/15/2011,SPA - Spaghetti Worms 07/15/2011,SPO - Sponge 07/15/2011,SQA - Squatlobster 07/15/2011,SQD - Squid 07/15/2011,STY - Stylasterid 07/15/2011,TUB - Tubeworms (not Riftia) 07/15/2011,TUN - Tunicate 07/15/2011,URC - Urchin 07/15/2011,USO - unidentified - sessile - object 07/15/2011,WOD - Wood 07/15/2011,WOR - Worm 07/15/2011,XEN - Xenophyophoran 07/15/2011,ZOA - Zoanthid 07/15/2011, 07/15/2011, 07/15/2011,Lava Morphology = 07/15/2011,TAL - ‘Talus' 07/15/2011,PIL ‘Pillow' 07/15/2011,ENT - 'Entrail' 07/15/2011,LOB - 'Lobate' 07/15/2011,SHE - 'Sheet' 07/15/2011,FOL - 'Folded' 07/15/2011,JUM - ‘Jumbled' 07/15/2011,HAC - 'Hackly' 07/15/2011, 07/15/2011,Sediment Cover= 07/15/2011,LIG - ‘Light' 07/15/2011,POC - 'Partial / Pockets' 07/15/2011,HEA - 'Heavy / Coalescent' 07/15/2011,BLA - ‘Blanket' 07/15/2011, 07/15/2011,Feature= 07/15/2011,CLI - 'Cliff' 07/15/2011,COLL - 'Collapse' 07/15/2011,CON - 'Contact' 07/15/2011,FAU - ‘Fault' 07/15/2011,FIS - ‘Fissure' 07/15/2011,HYX - 'Hydrothermal' 07/15/2011,PILL - 'Pillar' 07/15/2011,HAY - ‘Haystack’ 07/15/2011,19:27:03,scottwhite,Got it! Thank you 07/15/2011,19:32:44,okeanosexplorer,Depth 1866m 07/15/2011,19:33:46,okeanosexplorer,Approaching bottom 07/15/2011,19:35:25,okeanosexplorer,1900m looks like bottom in sight 07/15/2011,19:37:56,okeanosexplorer,Seeing particles in the wter column Smokey? Certainly a layer of cloudy water here. Nothing on sonar- the cloudy water has structure to it. 07/15/2011,19:38:42,okeanosexplorer,little current if any- if there is, it's west to east, noted during descent. 07/15/2011,19:39:12,okeanosexplorer,Bottom water temp is 2.3C. 07/15/2011,19:39:54,okeanosexplorer,We're thinking that Lil Herc's altimeter was picking up the cloudy water. Now see altimeter bottom at 40m below. 07/15/2011,19:41:03,santiagoherrera,interesting 07/15/2011,19:41:05,okeanosexplorer,Depth 1960m 07/15/2011,19:42:05,okeanosexplorer,Note: We will not be white balancing using Serios on this dive. Altitude now 10 meters. 07/15/2011,19:42:12,okeanosexplorer,On bottom. 07/15/2011,19:43:08,jamesholden,JUM 07/15/2011,19:43:32,santiagoherrera,POL 07/15/2011,19:44:12,coquillerex,HAC 07/15/2011,19:45:01,scottwhite,sediment LIG, lava JUM SHE 07/15/2011,19:45:37,santiagoherrera,WHOI's video froze 07/15/2011,19:45:43,Lucy,Seattle also 07/15/2011,19:45:47,coquillerex,video restored 07/15/2011,19:45:49,Lucy,good now 07/15/2011,19:46:18,santiagoherrera,video is back although erratic 07/15/2011,19:46:54,okeanosexplorer,depth is 1973m HAC and JUM 07/15/2011,19:48:06,santiagoherrera,EX could you please confirm our expected bottom time for this dive? 07/15/2011,19:48:55,santiagoherrera,HAC 07/15/2011,19:48:58,santiagoherrera,LIG 07/15/2011,19:49:16,scottwhite93368,test 07/15/2011,19:50:17,santiagoherrera,video here at WHOI is very erratic 07/15/2011,19:51:14,santiagoherrera,POC 07/15/2011,19:51:34,santiagoherrera,ASR 07/15/2011,19:51:40,scottwhite12902,glassy, HAC 07/15/2011,19:51:41,okeanosexplorer,PIL 07/15/2011,19:52:00,okeanosexplorer,SPO 07/15/2011,19:52:02,scottwhite12902,very fresh lava flow 07/15/2011,19:52:34,santiagoherrera,is anybody else having trouble with the video stream? 07/15/2011,19:52:42,scottwhite12902,video is good in SEA 07/15/2011,19:52:49,jamesholden,Seattle video stream OK. 07/15/2011,19:53:02,santiagoherrera,ok, we'll restart ours 07/15/2011,19:53:08,scottwhite12902,edge of lava channel? 07/15/2011,19:53:34,santiagoherrera,WHOI stopped recording EX1103L2_Dive02_7_15_11.1 07/15/2011,19:53:40,okeanosexplorer,Great- can you see white particles on the rocks? forams. I just want to know what you are capable of seeing. 07/15/2011,19:54:25,scottwhite12902,can't see forams on the seattle feed, but some white dots 07/15/2011,19:55:02,santiagoherrera,WHOI started recording EX1103L2_Dive02_7_15_11.2 07/15/2011,19:55:07,okeanosexplorer,Rugged micro-topography. One sessle SPO so far. 07/15/2011,19:55:30,santiagoherrera,video feed is still of poor quality 07/15/2011,19:55:39,santiagoherrera,WHOI stopped recording EX1103L2_Dive02_7_15_11.2 07/15/2011,19:56:49,okeanosexplorer,SHI 07/15/2011,19:58:00,okeanosexplorer,SHI 07/15/2011,19:58:03,okeanosexplorer,SPO 07/15/2011,19:58:56,santiagoherrera,multicast stream at WHOI is defficient, suspect local problem, starting troubleshooting 07/15/2011,19:59:10,jamesholden,FSH 07/15/2011,20:02:49,scottwhite12902,still in SHE JUM 07/15/2011,20:04:05,okeanosexplorer, ECCs, can you hear the pilots? 07/15/2011,20:04:18,scottwhite12902,negative 07/15/2011,20:07:01,santiagoherrera,video stream completely frozen here at wHOI 07/15/2011,20:07:13,Bob Embley,This question of lava flow age is always a tricky one. This lava does have some sessiles on it but not many large ones. There are sedimeht pockets that increase in size as local relief of lava decreases so i thihk this flow is years old at least. 07/15/2011,20:07:19,Lucy,video becoming erratic in SEA, froze for a while 07/15/2011,20:08:16,santiagoherrera,video is back, but erratic 07/15/2011,20:08:38,okeanosexplorer,WHOI. can you hear the pilots? 07/15/2011,20:08:53,santiagoherrera,are they talking right now? 07/15/2011,20:09:03,Lucy,SPO 07/15/2011,20:09:05,Lucy,ACN 07/15/2011,20:09:15,okeanosexplorer,yes. 07/15/2011,20:09:41,santiagoherrera,ok, we can hear them now 07/15/2011,20:10:16,santiagoherrera,WHOI started recording EX1103L2_Dive02_7_15_11.3 07/15/2011,20:10:37,santiagoherrera,video froze again 07/15/2011,20:10:54,okeanosexplorer,Don't know why, WHOI. 07/15/2011,20:11:24,coquillerex,froze for 10 sec here as well 07/15/2011,20:11:38,santiagoherrera,seems a little better now, still erratic 07/15/2011,20:11:52,catrionamunro,SPO? 07/15/2011,20:13:23,catrionamunro,HOL zoom 07/15/2011,20:14:02,santiagoherrera,SHI 07/15/2011,20:14:11,okeanosexplorer,starting to move at 0.2 knots to cover seafloor. Hovering waiting for the ship and taking image of holothurian here. Sediments clear here- forams covering rocks here. 07/15/2011,20:14:16,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,20:17:18,scottwhite12902,edge of lava channel? 07/15/2011,20:17:36,scottwhite12902,JUM SHE POC 07/15/2011,20:19:16,scottwhite12902,PIL 07/15/2011,20:19:36,scottwhite12902,morphology CON - upper end of channel? 07/15/2011,20:19:49,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,20:20:14,scottwhite12902,heavier sediment out of channel 07/15/2011,20:20:42,santiagoherrera,PIL 07/15/2011,20:20:55,catrionamunro,HOL 07/15/2011,20:22:01,santiagoherrera,POC 07/15/2011,20:22:15,santiagoherrera,FSH 07/15/2011,20:22:32,santiagoherrera,PIL 07/15/2011,20:22:58,catrionamunro,Currently on Nav View 07/15/2011,20:23:35,scottwhite12902,PIL 07/15/2011,20:23:38,santiagoherrera,PIL 07/15/2011,20:23:40,santiagoherrera,POC 07/15/2011,20:23:50,santiagoherrera,LIG 07/15/2011,20:24:15,scottwhite12902,POC to HEA sediment cover 07/15/2011,20:24:33,santiagoherrera,SHI 07/15/2011,20:24:35,catrionamunro,HOL 07/15/2011,20:24:52,catrionamunro,Nav View 07/15/2011,20:25:41,santiagoherrera,ROV view 07/15/2011,20:25:43,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,20:25:47,santiagoherrera,PIL 07/15/2011,20:25:52,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,20:26:24,catrionamunro,Nav View 07/15/2011,20:27:06,catrionamunro,ROV view 07/15/2011,20:27:08,catrionamunro,HOL 07/15/2011,20:27:18,santiagoherrera,OCT 07/15/2011,20:27:23,santiagoherrera,SHI 07/15/2011,20:30:32,santiagoherrera,PIL 07/15/2011,20:30:35,santiagoherrera,POC 07/15/2011,20:30:46,okeanosexplorer,Increasing speed to .4 so that we can cover more ground. 07/15/2011,20:30:53,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,20:31:17,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,20:32:14,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,20:32:47,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,20:33:11,santiagoherrera,PIL 07/15/2011,20:33:13,santiagoherrera,POC 07/15/2011,20:33:15,okeanosexplorer,PIL looking older with relatively greater sediment on and aound them. 07/15/2011,20:33:48,okeanosexplorer,Changing watch.... 07/15/2011,20:34:24,santiagoherrera,turbid water 07/15/2011,20:35:10,scottwhite,farther off bottom? 07/15/2011,20:36:06,okeanosexplorer,Yes, came off the bottom momentarily to change pilots..trying to make tracks. Ship is trying to come up and maintain 0.3 knots. 07/15/2011,20:36:29,okeanosexplorer,We will be using the maximum ship's speed under these conditions. 07/15/2011,20:37:24,jamesholden,PIL 07/15/2011,20:37:36,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,20:37:46,scottwhite12902,moving downslope 07/15/2011,20:37:52,okeanosexplorer,Still in pillow lavas with sediment. 07/15/2011,20:38:18,scottwhite12902,PIL, POC 07/15/2011,20:38:54,santiagoherrera,HOL 07/15/2011,20:39:28,scottwhite12902,lasers on 10 cm separation 07/15/2011,20:39:44,okeanosexplorer,Yes, 10cm. Ship is now moving 035 at 0.3knots. 07/15/2011,20:40:39,santiagoherrera,PIL 07/15/2011,20:40:40,santiagoherrera,POC 07/15/2011,20:41:28,okeanosexplorer,Seeing more cloudy water here....temp at 2.35C 07/15/2011,20:42:44,catrionamunro,HOL 07/15/2011,20:44:18,okeanosexplorer,PIL continued.... 07/15/2011,20:45:40,catrionamunro,SQA 07/15/2011,20:45:42,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,20:46:22,scottwhite12902,junky PIL, POC 07/15/2011,20:47:27,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,20:47:37,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,20:47:38,okeanosexplorer,SPO 07/15/2011,20:47:43,catrionamunro,AHI 07/15/2011,20:47:45,catrionamunro,*SHI 07/15/2011,20:47:49,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,20:48:01,scottwhite12902,POC pillow surface dusted 07/15/2011,20:48:04,okeanosexplorer,White particles on sediments- likely forams and pteropod shells. 07/15/2011,20:48:05,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,20:48:45,okeanosexplorer,Heading is 043 depth 1955m 07/15/2011,20:48:45,scottwhite12902,PIL getting smaller 07/15/2011,20:48:51,catrionamunro,SHI x2 07/15/2011,20:49:53,catrionamunro,SHI x 2 07/15/2011,20:49:59,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,20:50:09,scottwhite12902,approx 1 m diameter PIL 07/15/2011,20:50:12,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,20:50:26,okeanosexplorer,Ship is trying 0.4knots. We are likely south of the trough before hitting the axis proper. 07/15/2011,20:50:38,scottwhite12902,still moving upslope 07/15/2011,20:50:51,scottwhite12902,axial summit graben should be in front of us 07/15/2011,20:51:12,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,20:51:28,okeanosexplorer,the AVR? Sorry, should not have said "axis". 07/15/2011,20:51:43,santiagoherrera,PIL 07/15/2011,20:51:44,santiagoherrera,POC 07/15/2011,20:51:53,scottwhite12902,ASG = axial summit graben 07/15/2011,20:52:01,scottwhite12902,AVR = axial volcanic ridge 07/15/2011,20:52:14,catrionamunro,SPO 07/15/2011,20:52:16,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,20:52:20,catrionamunro,HOL 07/15/2011,20:52:24,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,20:53:44,catrionamunro,Nav View 07/15/2011,20:54:48,santiagoherrera,ROV view 07/15/2011,20:54:54,okeanosexplorer,SPO 07/15/2011,20:54:59,santiagoherrera,SHI 07/15/2011,20:56:02,Bob Embley,Appears that younger jumbled sheet flow seen earlier on dive flowed south around west side of pillow mound we're traversing now 07/15/2011,20:56:17,santiagoherrera,SHI 07/15/2011,20:56:56,jamesholden,Ascending PIL POC 07/15/2011,20:57:06,santiagoherrera,SPO 07/15/2011,20:57:23,santiagoherrera,SHI 07/15/2011,20:57:37,santiagoherrera,SHI on SPO 07/15/2011,20:57:54,okeanosexplorer,Two morphs of SHI 07/15/2011,20:58:10,okeanosexplorer,Traverse speed coming up. 07/15/2011,20:58:16,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,20:58:49,catrionamunro,SHI x 3 07/15/2011,20:59:01,santiagoherrera,ASR 07/15/2011,20:59:06,catrionamunro,SHi 07/15/2011,20:59:11,okeanosexplorer,We are over half way from our on bottom point and the longitudinal position of the Plume Target 2 location. 07/15/2011,20:59:21,santiagoherrera,POL 07/15/2011,20:59:25,santiagoherrera,POC 07/15/2011,20:59:36,santiagoherrera,moving uphill 07/15/2011,21:01:30,santiagoherrera,SHI 07/15/2011,21:01:38,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,21:01:39,okeanosexplorer,Having some difficulty with tracking. On this move Serios is kept at a high altitude. 07/15/2011,21:01:48,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,21:01:54,catrionamunro,URC 07/15/2011,21:01:58,catrionamunro,ARC x 2 07/15/2011,21:02:04,catrionamunro,SHI x 2 07/15/2011,21:02:08,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,21:03:28,Bob Embley,What is POC? 07/15/2011,21:03:51,santiagoherrera,'Partial / Pockets" 07/15/2011,21:03:58,santiagoherrera,when referring to sediment cover 07/15/2011,21:04:23,catrionamunro,URC? 07/15/2011,21:04:56,okeanosexplorer,POC mean pockets or partial sediment cover 07/15/2011,21:05:49,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,21:05:57,okeanosexplorer,The list of abbreviation codes are pasted in at the beginning of the dive. If you scroll up the event logger you can find them for reference. 07/15/2011,21:06:21,catrionamunro,HOL in hole 07/15/2011,21:06:23,okeanosexplorer,Coll - Collapse feature.....drop off on the other side? 07/15/2011,21:07:26,catrionamunro,HOL 07/15/2011,21:07:36,santiagoherrera,JUM 07/15/2011,21:07:45,santiagoherrera,POC 07/15/2011,21:08:02,santiagoherrera,steep slope 07/15/2011,21:08:11,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,21:08:43,okeanosexplorer,Depth 1967 07/15/2011,21:08:52,Bob Embley,Seems like we just came down into a channel or collapse trough 07/15/2011,21:08:59,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,21:09:02,catrionamunro,FSH 07/15/2011,21:09:08,catrionamunro,ASR 07/15/2011,21:09:20,santiagoherrera,SPO 07/15/2011,21:09:21,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,21:09:48,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,21:09:50,coquillerex,PIL 07/15/2011,21:09:54,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,21:10:27,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,21:10:35,okeanosexplorer, This is a live update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. This is Tim Shank. The local time aboard the EX is 1510 hours. We are currently on the bottom exploring for hydorthermal vents on the Galapagos Rift where strong hydrothrmal plume signals were detected few weeks ago. Ship’s location is 00 44.305N N, 88 18.73W. We are transiting NE over pillow mounds. 07/15/2011,21:11:18,catrionamunro,HOL 07/15/2011,21:11:46,santiagoherrera,HEA 07/15/2011,21:11:48,santiagoherrera,PIL 07/15/2011,21:12:12,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,21:12:18,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,21:12:31,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,21:12:37,scottwhite12902,Jum 07/15/2011,21:12:41,catrionamunro,POL 07/15/2011,21:12:42,scottwhite12902,coll 07/15/2011,21:12:50,scottwhite12902,bathtub rings 07/15/2011,21:12:57,scottwhite12902,pill 07/15/2011,21:13:00,catrionamunro,ASR 07/15/2011,21:13:05,catrionamunro,HOL 07/15/2011,21:13:07,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,21:13:11,scottwhite12902,ASG 07/15/2011,21:13:19,santiagoherrera,COLL 07/15/2011,21:13:19,scottwhite12902,remnant PIL 07/15/2011,21:13:52,Bob Embley,In area of 1 m or so collapses with small pillars displaying bathtub rings formed as lava flow drained out 07/15/2011,21:13:53,scottwhite12902,lob top coll 07/15/2011,21:13:55,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,21:14:00,catrionamunro,SPO 07/15/2011,21:14:11,scottwhite12902,PIL 07/15/2011,21:14:36,santiagoherrera,POC 07/15/2011,21:14:36,catrionamunro,HOL 07/15/2011,21:14:47,scottwhite12902,smaller PIL 07/15/2011,21:14:53,scottwhite12902,PIL 1 m or less 07/15/2011,21:14:54,scottwhite12902,POC 07/15/2011,21:15:02,coquillerex,FIS 07/15/2011,21:15:15,santiagoherrera,SHI 07/15/2011,21:16:34,catrionamunro,Viewing Sonar 07/15/2011,21:16:51,catrionamunro,ROV view 07/15/2011,21:17:30,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,21:17:51,santiagoherrera,drop off 07/15/2011,21:18:07,scottwhite12902,cliffs, bottom out of view 07/15/2011,21:20:02,catrionamunro,On Seirios View 07/15/2011,21:21:15,scottwhite12902,LH climbing pillow cliff 07/15/2011,21:21:30,catrionamunro,ROV view 07/15/2011,21:21:50,coquillerex,FIS 07/15/2011,21:22:17,catrionamunro,cliffs bottom out of view 07/15/2011,21:22:49,catrionamunro,On Seirios View 07/15/2011,21:27:26,catrionamunro,ROV view 07/15/2011,21:27:37,scottwhite12902,PIL cliff 07/15/2011,21:27:43,scottwhite12902,cliff truncated PIL 07/15/2011,21:28:26,catrionamunro,ASR 07/15/2011,21:29:03,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,21:31:06,okeanosexplorer,At WP1, starting a move to the north another 200m to locate the boundary of the linear collapses and the northern boundary 07/15/2011,21:33:20,catrionamunro,Viewing sonar 07/15/2011,21:36:57,catrionamunro,ROV view 07/15/2011,21:38:28,scottwhite12902,PIL 07/15/2011,21:38:34,scottwhite12902,CLIF 07/15/2011,21:41:26,catrionamunro,SPO/ACN? 07/15/2011,21:43:34,scottwhite12902,moving again 07/15/2011,21:43:48,scottwhite12902,PIL various sizes 07/15/2011,21:43:52,catrionamunro,HOL 07/15/2011,21:44:37,scottwhite12902,sediment POC 07/15/2011,21:45:32,scottwhite12902,CON talus 07/15/2011,21:45:44,santiagoherrera,SQA 07/15/2011,21:46:02,scottwhite12902,TAL 07/15/2011,21:46:15,scottwhite12902,glassy 07/15/2011,21:47:19,scottwhite12902,PIL 07/15/2011,21:47:36,scottwhite12902,downslope view 07/15/2011,21:47:49,okeanosexplorer,After some discussion regarding the remaining 2 hours of the dive, we will proceed on the current move for another 20-30 minutes and then traverse toward WP2- Plume target 2a and exploring in the vicinity. This will inform tomorrow's dive in this area. 07/15/2011,21:48:03,scottwhite12902,FIS 07/15/2011,21:48:05,Bob Embley,Stained talus, at base of south facing wall possibly recent tectonic movement maybe some recent alteration on rocks 07/15/2011,21:48:23,okeanosexplorer,Serios sonar shows another pillow wall upslope from this position. 07/15/2011,21:50:00,santiagoherrera,POL 07/15/2011,21:50:14,santiagoherrera,TAL 07/15/2011,21:50:19,catrionamunro,HOL 07/15/2011,21:50:33,santiagoherrera,SHI 07/15/2011,21:51:17,scottwhite12902,continuing along zone of chopped up pillows in ASG 07/15/2011,21:51:23,Bob Embley,FIS with split in it 07/15/2011,21:51:36,okeanosexplorer,Traversing at a heading of 038 at 1961m 07/15/2011,21:52:01,catrionamunro,HOL 07/15/2011,21:52:08,scottwhite12902,vertical walls of showing truncated pillow cross-sections 07/15/2011,21:53:00,catrionamunro,Seirios view 07/15/2011,21:53:18,Bob Embley,Passing over graben structure; south-facing wall on north side 07/15/2011,21:53:26,catrionamunro,ROV view 07/15/2011,21:54:05,Bob Embley,FIS 07/15/2011,21:54:12,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,21:54:13,santiagoherrera,PIL 07/15/2011,21:54:16,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,21:55:38,catrionamunro,Nav view 07/15/2011,21:57:45,catrionamunro,ROV View 07/15/2011,21:57:58,catrionamunro,FSH 07/15/2011,21:58:16,catrionamunro,CHN, actually 07/15/2011,22:01:35,scottwhite12902,PIL and LOB 07/15/2011,22:02:09,scottwhite12902,heavier sediment here pockets starting to interconnect 07/15/2011,22:03:05,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,22:04:09,catrionamunro,HOL 07/15/2011,22:04:23,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,22:05:02,catrionamunro,FSH 07/15/2011,22:05:37,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,22:06:01,santiagoherrera,POC 07/15/2011,22:06:11,okeanosexplorer,This is a live update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. This is Tim Shank. The local time aboard the EX is 1600 hours. We are currently on the bottom exploring for hydorthermal vents on the Galapagos Rift where strong hydrothrmal plume signals were detected few weeks ago. Ship’s location is 00 44.305N N, 88 18.73W. We have transited across the graben structure and are confirming the northern margin of that structure before we turn east toward target 2a plume signal. 07/15/2011,22:07:05,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,22:07:33,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,22:08:08,scottwhite12902,junky PIL 07/15/2011,22:08:10,catrionamunro,HOL 07/15/2011,22:09:05,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,22:10:48,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,22:13:23,okeanosexplorer,Have requested a shipmove...to the southeast to WP2. 07/15/2011,22:13:25,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,22:15:22,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,22:15:59,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,22:16:18,okeanosexplorer,360m from WP2 at a course of 160 07/15/2011,22:17:57,okeanosexplorer,off bottom 07/15/2011,22:18:45,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,22:20:56,okeanosexplorer,Ship is moving to the SE.....at .4knots 07/15/2011,22:23:31,catrionamunro,PIL 07/15/2011,22:23:54,okeanosexplorer,PIL tubes 07/15/2011,22:24:15,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,22:25:54,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,22:25:58,catrionamunro,COR anthomastus 07/15/2011,22:26:16,okeanosexplorer,transiting now on a heading of 159. 07/15/2011,22:26:21,catrionamunro,Seirios view 07/15/2011,22:27:03,scottwhite12902,pil - some large as LH 07/15/2011,22:28:11,catrionamunro,ROV view 07/15/2011,22:28:32,okeanosexplorer,SHI 07/15/2011,22:29:46,catrionamunro,PIL zoom 07/15/2011,22:30:11,catrionamunro,URC 07/15/2011,22:30:13,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,22:30:26,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,22:31:27,okeanosexplorer,270m from target 07/15/2011,22:31:53,scottwhite12902,mixed PIL and elongate PIL 07/15/2011,22:32:00,scottwhite12902,POC sediment 07/15/2011,22:32:09,scottwhite12902,drained out pillow zoom 07/15/2011,22:33:46,catrionamunro,URC 07/15/2011,22:34:23,catrionamunro,XEN? 07/15/2011,22:34:42,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,22:34:49,scottwhite12902,PIL 07/15/2011,22:34:53,catrionamunro,HOL 07/15/2011,22:35:50,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,22:36:36,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,22:37:33,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,22:37:51,Bob Embley,FIS 07/15/2011,22:38:51,catrionamunro,HOL 07/15/2011,22:39:12,scottwhite12902,going over CLIFF down to the south SE 07/15/2011,22:39:34,santiagoherrera,off bottom 07/15/2011,22:40:09,okeanosexplorer,The water column between Lil Herc and Serios has increased markedly in cloudiness- not seen in herc video. 07/15/2011,22:40:44,okeanosexplorer,19m altitude to graben floor 07/15/2011,22:43:39,santiagoherrera,on bottom 07/15/2011,22:43:43,santiagoherrera,PIL 07/15/2011,22:43:45,santiagoherrera,POC 07/15/2011,22:43:59,scottwhite12902,PIL many smaller pillows 07/15/2011,22:44:16,scottwhite12902,sediment heavier than before we lost bottom video 07/15/2011,22:44:17,santiagoherrera,LIG 07/15/2011,22:44:36,catrionamunro,HOL 07/15/2011,22:45:04,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,22:45:43,okeanosexplorer,Back on bottom- Left a target here- seeing plume- murkey water at 19m off bottom. 17m left in ship's move, continuing move to the SE. 07/15/2011,22:45:43,catrionamunro,HOL 07/15/2011,22:46:15,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,22:46:32,catrionamunro,SQA 07/15/2011,22:47:14,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,22:47:50,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,22:48:07,okeanosexplorer,SPO 07/15/2011,22:48:21,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,22:48:22,scottwhite12902,increasing LOB 07/15/2011,22:48:44,catrionamunro,HOL 07/15/2011,22:48:52,catrionamunro,FSH 07/15/2011,22:50:13,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,22:50:25,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,22:50:36,scottwhite12902,FIS 07/15/2011,22:51:34,scottwhite12902,glassy broken surface 07/15/2011,22:53:27,scottwhite12902,CON 07/15/2011,22:55:55,scottwhite12902,thin contact of lava flow very young 07/15/2011,22:55:57,okeanosexplorer,oxide stainging in cracks 07/15/2011,22:56:03,scottwhite12902,hydrothermal staining 07/15/2011,22:56:04,okeanosexplorer,hdg 197 07/15/2011,22:57:42,scottwhite12902,hovering above a fissure filled with fresh lava 07/15/2011,22:59:35,santiagoherrera,turbid water 07/15/2011,23:02:10,scottwhite12902,PIL 07/15/2011,23:02:21,scottwhite12902,older here 07/15/2011,23:02:37,Bob Embley,We got pulled off of bottom and now trying reacquire fresh lava flow 07/15/2011,23:03:25,scottwhite12902,POC sediment 07/15/2011,23:05:50,catrionamunro,SQA 07/15/2011,23:05:52,catrionamunro,? 07/15/2011,23:06:21,catrionamunro,CRA 07/15/2011,23:07:01,scottwhite12902,PIL 07/15/2011,23:12:42,okeanosexplorer,About 15 minutes ago, we came across a new lava flow within a broad ~10 meter fissure; black fresh flow about 1-3m down into a fissure with older pillow margins; lots of iron-oxide staining on flow breaks and margins; slowed the shipped and got pulled off by tether. Now trying to get back to the site (virtual hypack navigation) marker now. 07/15/2011,23:13:36,santiagoherrera,EX could you please confirm the estimated time at which the dive will end? 07/15/2011,23:13:56,okeanosexplorer,15 more minutes..... 07/15/2011,23:14:03,santiagoherrera,thanks 07/15/2011,23:14:54,okeanosexplorer,Just prior to seeing this new flow in a fissure, we located a contact between a thing dribbling of younger lava onto much older material. 07/15/2011,23:17:11,scottwhite12902,FISS less than 1m wide 07/15/2011,23:18:55,scottwhite12902,another crack 07/15/2011,23:20:15,scottwhite12902,along edge of CLIF over drop off 07/15/2011,23:20:22,scottwhite12902,lost bottom 07/15/2011,23:20:39,scottwhite12902,wispy smoke? 07/15/2011,23:21:06,scottwhite12902,bottom sight 07/15/2011,23:21:59,scottwhite12902,looking at wall of truncated pillows 07/15/2011,23:22:08,scottwhite12902,barely visible wall 07/15/2011,23:22:46,scottwhite12902,coming down a 10-20 m high vertical cliff 07/15/2011,23:23:34,catrionamunro,FSH 07/15/2011,23:24:04,santiagoherrera,off bottom 07/15/2011,23:25:34,scottwhite12902,pillow lava, two different ages? 07/15/2011,23:26:07,santiagoherrera,on bottom 07/15/2011,23:27:12,scottwhite12902,LOB with POC 07/15/2011,23:27:45,catrionamunro,BIV shells? 07/15/2011,23:31:20,okeanosexplorer,we think the site is N-NE of us now. L Herc is straining at the leash...now ready to go.. 07/15/2011,23:31:41,scottwhite12902,mixed lava flows 07/15/2011,23:31:59,scottwhite12902,LOB and smaller PIL 07/15/2011,23:32:09,catrionamunro,CRA many 07/15/2011,23:35:23,scottwhite12902,back to fresh lava flow of LOB 07/15/2011,23:35:46,santiagoherrera,CRA 07/15/2011,23:35:46,catrionamunro,CRA 07/15/2011,23:35:52,catrionamunro,duplicate 07/15/2011,23:36:00,scottwhite12902,oxide at edges of lobes, glassy fresh surface, no pelagic sed 07/15/2011,23:36:40,scottwhite12902,CON 07/15/2011,23:38:47,scottwhite12902,no shimmering water or diffuse flow out of young lobates 07/15/2011,23:39:52,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,23:40:56,catrionamunro,CRA 07/15/2011,23:41:44,scottwhite12902,CON 07/15/2011,23:41:50,scottwhite12902,edge of lava flow 07/15/2011,23:42:55,catrionamunro,CRA 07/15/2011,23:46:04,scottwhite12902,LOB flowing to the East down fissure 07/15/2011,23:46:56,scottwhite12902,lava flow contact against edge of fissure and just to east of current position 07/15/2011,23:48:38,santiagoherrera,PIL 07/15/2011,23:48:39,santiagoherrera,CON 07/15/2011,23:48:45,scottwhite12902,Contact interfingering new lobate and older pillows 07/15/2011,23:51:33,catrionamunro, CRA 07/15/2011,23:52:52,scottwhite12902,south wall of ASG has more hydrothermal staining in LOB 07/15/2011,23:55:27,Bob Embley,Fresh lobate lava with extensive Fe staining associated with cooling lava flow No active venting on lava flow yet 07/15/2011,23:55:38,scottwhite12902,CON 07/15/2011,23:55:50,santiagoherrera,CRA 07/15/2011,23:56:57,catrionamunro,CRA 07/15/2011,23:57:05,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,23:57:50,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,23:57:50,catrionamunro,CRA 07/15/2011,23:58:04,scottwhite12902,old pillow in fresh lobates 07/15/2011,23:58:35,catrionamunro,CRA 07/15/2011,23:59:26,catrionamunro,SHI 07/15/2011,00:00:32,santiagoherrera,CRA