04/14/2012,00:20:53,okeanosexplorer,This is a live update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. This is Rick Nadeau speaking. The local EX time is 1920 hours.  The ROV is on deck and we are presently acquiring multibeam mapping data around the Biloxi Dome mapping natural seeps.  The water depth at our position is approximately 1400m. Our present heading is 149°. Position is 28° 39'N, 088° 27'W.
04/14/2012,01:26:55,okeanosexplorer,This is a live update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. This is Rick Nadeau speaking. The local EX time is 2025 hours.  The ROV is on deck and we are presently acquiring multibeam mapping data around the Biloxi Dome mapping natural seeps.  The water depth at our position is approximately 1400m. Our present heading is 327°. Position is 28° 38'N, 088° 27'W.
04/14/2012,02:46:37,okeanosexplorer,This is a live update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. This is Rick Nadeau speaking. The local EX time is 2145 hours.  The ROV is on deck and we are presently acquiring multibeam mapping data around the Biloxi Dome mapping natural seeps.  The water depth at our position is approximately 1400m. Our present heading is 150°. Position is 28° 42'N, 088° 30'W.
04/14/2012,03:53:53,okeanosexplorer,This is a live update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. This is Rick Nadeau speaking. The local EX time is 2255 hours.  The ROV is on deck and we are presently acquiring multibeam mapping data around the Biloxi Dome mapping natural seeps.  The water depth at our position is approximately 1400m. Our present heading is 148°. Position is 28° 38'N, 088° 27'W.
04/14/2012,05:09:36,okeanosexplorer,This is a live update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. This is Stephanie Farrington speaking. The local EX time is 0027 hours.  The ROV is on deck and we are presently acquiring multibeam mapping data around the Biloxi Dome mapping natural seeps.  The water depth at our position is approximately 1400m. Our present heading is 317°. Position is 28° 38'N, 088° 26'W.  
04/14/2012,06:16:08,okeanosexplorer,  This is a live update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. This is Rick Nadeau speaking. The local EX time is 0115 hours.  The ROV is on deck and we are presently acquiring multibeam mapping data around the Biloxi Dome mapping natural seeps.  The water depth at our position is approximately 1400m. Our present heading is 329°. Position is 28° 42'N, 088° 30'W.  
04/14/2012,07:23:14,okeanosexplorer,  This is a live update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. This is Rick Nadeau speaking. The local EX time is 0220 hours.  The ROV is on deck and we are presently acquiring multibeam mapping data around the Biloxi Dome mapping natural seeps.  The water depth at our position is approximately 1400m. Our present heading is 148°. Position is 28° 40'N, 088° 28'W.  
04/14/2012,08:52:57,okeanosexplorer,This is a live update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. This is Rick Nadeau speaking. The local EX time is 0852 hours.  The ROV is on deck and we are presently acquiring multibeam mapping data around the Biloxi Dome mapping natural seeps.  The water depth at our position is approximately 1400m. Our present heading is 322°. Position is 28° 37'N, 088° 26'W.
04/14/2012,09:27:18,okeanosexplorer,This is a live update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. This is Rick Nadeau speaking. The local EX time is 0925 hours.  The ROV is on deck and we are presently acquiring multibeam mapping data around the Biloxi Dome mapping natural seeps.  The water depth at our position is approximately 1400m. Our present heading is 327°. Position is 28° 39'N, 088° 28'W.
04/14/2012,10:42:13,okeanosexplorer,This is a live update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. This is Rick Nadeau speaking. The local EX time is 0542 hours.  The ROV is on deck and we are presently acquiring multibeam mapping data around the Biloxi Dome mapping natural seeps.  The water depth at our position is approximately 1400m. Our present heading is 149°. Position is 28° 42'N, 088° 29'W.
04/14/2012,11:42:22,okeanosexplorer,This is a live update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. This is Rick Nadeau speaking. The local EX time is 0642 hours.  The ROV is on deck and we are presently acquiring multibeam mapping data around the Biloxi Dome transiting to today’s dive site.  The water depth at our position is approximately 1400m. Our present heading is 330°. Position is 28° 39'N, 088° 27'W.
04/14/2012,13:13:13,tomweber,good morning.  nice looking methane bucket.
04/14/2012,13:35:24,Jamie Austin,This is the Okeanos Explorer.  Vehicles are in the water for Dive 03.  This is a return to Biloxi Salt Dome - site A.  We are returning to a designated area of gas/bubble escape from the seafloor, designated Seep 2.  Our primary objective is to sample some of this gas/some of these bubbles.  We expect (although we do not yet know) that this gas will form hydrate, upon entering our sampling device, a clear cylinder of 8335.771 cu. cm, which has been affixed to the front of Little Herc in a rigid frame.  An additional light is also now fixed to the left of the frame next to the cylinder, fitted with a blue filter which we will experiment with to see if visibility of bubbles escaping the seafloor will be enhanced using it.  After we have filled the cylinder to ~10% of its volume, we will rise at ~10 m/min to a water depth of ~300 m, to watch change of the hydrate to gas (if hydrate forms), or expansion of the gas, as we rise.  We will attempt to estimate the volume of the gas that we have collected.  This collection/ascension and expansion process will be repeated, if time allows.  Vehicles are now passing 300.  We estimate the seafloor in approximately 45 min.
04/14/2012,13:37:23,Catalina Martinez,Good morning folks.  Internet 1 is not working.  Folks at the ISC are troubleshooting. . .stay tuned
04/14/2012,13:48:12,Jamie Austin,Vehicles are passing 600 m.
04/14/2012,13:56:03,Jamie Austin,Vehicles re passing 800 m.
04/14/2012,14:03:13,Jamie Austin,Vehicles are passing 1000 m.
04/14/2012,14:10:44,Jamie Austin,Vehicles are passing 1200 m.  On the bottom in approximately 5 minutes.
04/14/2012,14:14:39,Jamie Austin,Little Herc is ~100 m off the seafloor.  The ROV is south of Seep 2.  Seirios is 15-20 m SW of the seep,  Sector scanning from Seirios shows a target that could be gas.
04/14/2012,14:17:33,Jamie Austin,We are on the seafloor.  Depth is 1346 m.
04/14/2012,14:21:20,Jamie Austin,Smooth seafloor.  Camera panned down a bit.  Shadows from the frame in front of Little Herc that is holding our gas collection bucket are creating shadows on the seafloor.
04/14/2012,14:22:30,michaelvecchione,I just joined but am getting nothing on the I1 feed.
04/14/2012,14:23:02,kelleyelliott,Hi folks - our Ocean Explorer Internet1 feeds are down. Feed one and two are still working at: http://www.nautiluslive.org/live/okeanos
04/14/2012,14:24:42,kelleyelliott,You can join the telecon by dialing 1-866-617-5860 <tel:1-866-617-5860>, passcode 1233796#.
04/14/2012,14:24:49,Jamie Austin,Vehicles now west of the seep 2 location.
04/14/2012,14:25:26,Jamie Austin,Some bacterial staining.  This has been indicative of proximity of gas escape in the past.
04/14/2012,14:26:35,Jamie Austin,Sector scanning on Seirios shows evidence for target at approximate expected location of seep 2.  Gas in the water column?
04/14/2012,14:27:32,Jamie Austin,Arrival at seep 2.
04/14/2012,14:29:09,Jamie Austin,No viisible bubble escape as yet.
04/14/2012,14:37:55,Jamie Austin,Doing a close inspection of the side of the ridge associated with what we think of Seep 2.
04/14/2012,14:38:06,Jamie Austin,Bubbles viisble.
04/14/2012,14:41:12,tomweber,nice short of lasers on carbonate formation at bubble source
04/14/2012,14:41:28,Erin Becker,We've found the exact same place where we saw the two bubble streams on Dive 01 that we called Seep 2
04/14/2012,14:41:36,Erin Becker,Little Hercules: 
04/14/2012,Lat/Lon: 28.67543, -88.46928
04/14/2012,Depth: 1361.5m
04/14/2012,Altitude: 1.5m
04/14/2012,Heading: 51.9
04/14/2012,Temperature:  4.3749
04/14/2012,
04/14/2012,Seirios:
04/14/2012,Lat/Lon:28.67538, -88.46945
04/14/2012,Depth: 1348.0m
04/14/2012,Altitude: 16.2m
04/14/2012,Heading: 55.4
04/14/2012,Temperature:  4.37942
04/14/2012,
04/14/2012,14:42:23,tomweber,hydrate on bottom of carbonate
04/14/2012,14:43:25,tomweber,methane bucket top is open
04/14/2012,14:46:15,tomweber,nice zoom on bubble source
04/14/2012,14:47:07,Erin Becker,Bubble release at a rate of about 1 every 5 seconds
04/14/2012,14:47:18,tomweber,lasers on bubble source
04/14/2012,14:47:21,Erin Becker,Looks like two discrete sources
04/14/2012,14:48:16,Erin Becker,one on the left near the smaller rock and one on the right coming out from under the lip of the carbonate
04/14/2012,14:49:07,Erin Becker,with both sources together, the rate is about 1 bubble every 2-3 seconds (every 5 seconds for each source alone).
04/14/2012,14:49:42,Jamie Austin,Positioning the vehicle for optimal video viewing of bubble streams.  Lasers are on.  We are seeing two discreet sources of gas, from under the lip of a carbonate hardground outcrop.  Bubble size on each stream appears similar.   Faster than the other day? 
04/14/2012,14:51:10,Erin Becker,Bubble streams about 10 cm apart. The diameter of the bucket is about 15cm, so we may be able to capture both bubble streams at once
04/14/2012,14:55:25,Erin Becker,Moving Little Herc to a different heading so that we can see the bubbles and the bucket from the side in the Seirios view
04/14/2012,14:56:36,Erin Becker,Looks like 3 discrete streams from this angle
04/14/2012,14:57:03,Erin Becker,Little Hercules: 
04/14/2012,Lat/Lon: 28.67542, -88.46926
04/14/2012,Depth: 1362.5m
04/14/2012,Altitude: 0.4m
04/14/2012,Heading: 357.7
04/14/2012,Temperature:  4.3682
04/14/2012,
04/14/2012,Seirios:
04/14/2012,Lat/Lon:28.67535, -88.46938
04/14/2012,Depth: 1348.1m
04/14/2012,Altitude: 0.0m
04/14/2012,Heading: 59.3
04/14/2012,Temperature:  4.37882
04/14/2012,
04/14/2012,14:58:59,Erin Becker,Diameter of cylinder is 15.2 cm, but there is a flared edge, at least another few centimeters
04/14/2012,15:00:25,Jamie Austin,Therre are 3 discrete streams.  Two to the left, one from the lip of the carbonate hardground to the left, a hole in front of that lip to the left, and from under the lip of the same hardground to the right.  Width of escaping gas is ~10 m.
04/14/2012,15:00:39,Erin Becker,guessing about 20 to 25cm in diameter for the bottom of the flare
04/14/2012,15:06:01,Jamie Austin,Correction - preceding comment from me should have been ~10 CM.
04/14/2012,15:09:40,Erin Becker,Since Tom has estimated that it will take about a half hour to fill a quarter of the bucket, the ROV pilots have suggested that we sit down to stabilize during collection
04/14/2012,15:10:40,Erin Becker,The danger being sediment in the water obstructing the view and perturbing the flow
04/14/2012,15:11:37,Erin Becker,We were thinking about turning the HMI lights off and using the blue light mounted on the bucket frame to get better color balance, but the pilots have decided that we can see well enough with the HMI lights
04/14/2012,15:20:09,tomweber,view of bubbles from side, good lighting from Seiros
04/14/2012,15:23:01,Jamie Austin,Beginning bubble capture attempt,.
04/14/2012,15:23:41,tomweber,tube is still open
04/14/2012,15:24:01,Erin Becker,Trying to capture all three bubbles
04/14/2012,15:24:45,tomweber,capturing gas
04/14/2012,15:24:52,Erin Becker,Little Hercules: 
04/14/2012,Lat/Lon: 28.67545, -88.46921
04/14/2012,Depth: 1362.7m
04/14/2012,Altitude: 0.0m
04/14/2012,Heading: 344.0
04/14/2012,Temperature:  4.3638
04/14/2012,
04/14/2012,Seirios:
04/14/2012,Lat/Lon:28.67540, -88.46933
04/14/2012,Depth: 1354.9m
04/14/2012,Altitude: 68.4m
04/14/2012,Heading: 51.1
04/14/2012,Temperature:  4.36652
04/14/2012,
04/14/2012,
04/14/2012,
04/14/2012,
04/14/2012,Now capturing gas
04/14/2012,15:24:59,Jamie Austin,We are now capturing gas.
04/14/2012,15:26:47,kelleyelliott,http://www.nautiluslive.org/live/okeanos
04/14/2012,15:27:09,robertcarney,I-2 great at LSU
04/14/2012,15:27:53,robertcarney,The nautiluslive feed works great too
04/14/2012,15:28:07,tomweber,little herc is 'hovering'
04/14/2012,15:28:38,tomweber,incredible hob holding position
04/14/2012,15:28:42,Erin Becker,but the front of the frame is nudged up against the rock
04/14/2012,15:28:46,kelleyelliott,Internet1 is still down on the Oceanexplorer website, so we're redirecting folks to the Nautilus live link where feed 1 and 2 are still working.
04/14/2012,15:28:54,tomweber,hob = job
04/14/2012,15:29:23,tomweber,zoom on cylinder
04/14/2012,15:33:36,tomweber,are we sitting on the forward part of the skids?
04/14/2012,15:34:41,tomweber,nice zoom on seirios
04/14/2012,15:34:45,Erin Becker,or actually the flare on the cylinder is nudged onto the rock, but it does seem to be moving a tiny bit relative to the rock
04/14/2012,15:35:00,Erin Becker,nav start time for the beginning of bubble capture is 15:24:20
04/14/2012,15:35:21,Erin Becker,Science (Jamie Austin) also started a stopwatch
04/14/2012,15:35:45,Erin Becker,Hydrate forming on the top left of the cylinder, to the right of the left measuring tape
04/14/2012,15:36:38,tomweber,odd shape floating up to hydrate on top left of cylinder
04/14/2012,15:37:17,tomweber,very large bubble?
04/14/2012,15:41:13,robertcarney,bumping?
04/14/2012,15:41:18,tomweber,nice zoom on bubbles near bottom half of cylinder
04/14/2012,15:47:39,tomweber,still hearing an echo over the audio - is anyone else hearing this?  
04/14/2012,15:48:10,Erin Becker,I had heard it only once
04/14/2012,15:48:18,kelleyelliott,Anyone who is not speaking should put their phone on mute to prevent the echo.
04/14/2012,15:48:37,Jamie Austin,We are now 24 minutes into the hydrate/gas collection phase.  Hydrate is forming in a cone-like structure along the left flank of the cylinder.
04/14/2012,15:48:46,Erin Becker,i wasn't sure if that was maybe bill is watching the video so that we are hearing the delay through his mic
04/14/2012,15:58:02,tomweber,bubble missed
04/14/2012,15:58:07,tomweber,another bubble missed
04/14/2012,15:59:33,robertcarney,shadows on rock give a frame of reference  for movement
04/14/2012,16:01:52,Jamie Austin,We are now 37 minutes into the bubble collection phase.
04/14/2012,16:06:37,robertcarney,? How much accumulation can there be before Lt Herc buoyancy is modified?
04/14/2012,16:09:22,robertcarney,spilling bubbles on rt
04/14/2012,16:14:14,tomweber,escaping bubble - large one
04/14/2012,16:14:29,tomweber,escaping bubble
04/14/2012,16:16:39,Bill Kiene,Question: If the tube was not there, under normal conditions would the bubbles turn to ice as they rise through the water column?
04/14/2012,16:17:04,tomweber,escaping may not be the right word- they may just be occasionaly coming from a different spot on the seafloor
04/14/2012,16:24:22,Jamie Austin,We are now 1 hour into the bubble collection phase.
04/14/2012,16:26:56,Bill Kiene,Great discussion about the bubbles and ice formation.  Explains a lot!  Thanks!
04/14/2012,16:27:18,robertcarney,hydrate souffle
04/14/2012,16:39:17,tomweber,missed bubble?
04/14/2012,16:42:54,Bill Kiene,Is the methane saturation of the water within the tube likely rising compared to outside the tube?  How might this effect how the hydrate forms and how it will dissolve as the tube rises through the water column?
04/14/2012,16:43:56,Jamie Austin,We are now 1 hour 17 minutes into the bubble collection phase.  Hydrate has now collected along one side of the cylinder to a maximum extent of between the .2 and .3 divisions on one side, and the other side to between the 0 and .1 divisions.  We will end the collection phase at 1 hour 30 minutes.
04/14/2012,16:47:30,Bill Kiene,Thanks.  It will be interesting to see.
04/14/2012,16:51:33,robertcarney,Suggestion to extent possible re-video collection points before ascent.
04/14/2012,16:52:46,Jamie Austin,The EK60 is now being sent out on the quad.  We will be comparing EK60 data while we are collecting gas from this seep, with data from this echo-sounder after we remove the cylinder and head to the surface.  We will also position the vehicles beneath the ship, when we release the gas from the cylinder somewhere above the 500 m water depth, to view any differences in EK60 data at that time.
04/14/2012,16:56:47,Erin Becker,About to rise off of the site
04/14/2012,16:57:16,Erin Becker,Some big bubbles every once in  a while
04/14/2012,16:57:18,tomweber,large bubble surrounded by small ones came up a few seconds ago - it will be interesting to see if it fragmented or rose as a group 
04/14/2012,16:57:22,Erin Becker,Coming up
04/14/2012,16:57:44,tomweber,1 hour 33 minute duration on gas collection
04/14/2012,16:57:51,Erin Becker,Collected for about 1 hour and 33 minutes
04/14/2012,16:57:54,Jamie Austin,Total gas collection time 1 hour 33 minutes.
04/14/2012,16:58:10,Jamie Austin,Temperature 4.36 C.
04/14/2012,16:58:19,Erin Becker,Little Hercules: 
04/14/2012,Lat/Lon: 28.67548, -88.46926
04/14/2012,Depth: 1359.7m
04/14/2012,Altitude: 3.0m
04/14/2012,Heading: 68.8
04/14/2012,Temperature:  4.3662
04/14/2012,
04/14/2012,Seirios:
04/14/2012,Lat/Lon:28.67546, -88.46937
04/14/2012,Depth: 1344.6m
04/14/2012,Altitude: 0.0m
04/14/2012,Heading: 64.4
04/14/2012,Temperature:  4.36827
04/14/2012,
04/14/2012,16:59:16,Erin Becker,Little Hercules: 
04/14/2012,Lat/Lon: 28.67542, -88.46927
04/14/2012,Depth: 1356.1m
04/14/2012,Altitude: 6.0m
04/14/2012,Heading: 215.8
04/14/2012,Temperature:  4.3691
04/14/2012,
04/14/2012,Seirios:
04/14/2012,Lat/Lon:28.67543, -88.46933
04/14/2012,Depth: 1338.5m
04/14/2012,Altitude: 17.4m
04/14/2012,Heading: 65.0
04/14/2012,Temperature:  4.36991
04/14/2012,16:59:52,Erin Becker,Dislodged some bubbles that were trapped in the cone at the bottom
04/14/2012,17:00:30,Erin Becker,Went into the cylinder
04/14/2012,17:02:08,tomweber,bubble escape
04/14/2012,17:02:28,Erin Becker,Saw that, probably also from the cone?
04/14/2012,17:02:55,tomweber,another?
04/14/2012,17:03:16,robertcarney,bubble forming lft edge cone ?
04/14/2012,17:06:01,Erin Becker,100 minutes to 300 m depth and 110 min to 200 m depth
04/14/2012,17:07:42,robertcarney,?So if primarily gas the volume should double by 700m?
04/14/2012,17:08:18,tomweber,unless the hydrate rind prevents it
04/14/2012,17:09:05,robertcarney,can't image the skin is stong enough to prevent pressure-drop expnaison
04/14/2012,17:09:05,Bill Kiene,Is the tube sealed now at the bottom, or still open?
04/14/2012,17:09:55,Erin Becker,Little Hercules: 
04/14/2012,Lat/Lon: 28.67528, -88.46946
04/14/2012,Depth: 1279.0m
04/14/2012,Altitude: 20.2m
04/14/2012,Heading: 220.2
04/14/2012,Temperature:  4.4234
04/14/2012,
04/14/2012,Seirios:
04/14/2012,Lat/Lon:28.67545, -88.46936
04/14/2012,Depth: 1254.9m
04/14/2012,Altitude: 0.0m
04/14/2012,Heading: 56.8
04/14/2012,Temperature:  4.48732
04/14/2012,17:09:58,robertcarney,or expanding bubble will create more haydrate skin and grow smaller
04/14/2012,17:10:34,tomweber,we're all wearing our lab coats here at UNH
04/14/2012,17:17:48,Erin Becker,Little Hercules: 
04/14/2012,Lat/Lon: 28.67525, -88.46950
04/14/2012,Depth: 1193.7m
04/14/2012,Altitude: 20.5m
04/14/2012,Heading: 199.2
04/14/2012,Temperature:  4.5567
04/14/2012,
04/14/2012,Seirios:
04/14/2012,Lat/Lon:28.67543, -88.46933
04/14/2012,Depth: 1178.8m
04/14/2012,Altitude: 0.0m
04/14/2012,Heading: 53.6
04/14/2012,Temperature:  4.59009
04/14/2012,
04/14/2012,17:18:52,Erin Becker,Can see the vehicles leaving the bottom on the EK60
04/14/2012,17:20:31,Erin Becker,the lines look fairly linear, so we can assume the vehicles are rising at a constant rate
04/14/2012,17:20:43,Erin Becker,Going to begin recording the EK60
04/14/2012,17:23:26,robertcarney,bubbles shifting
04/14/2012,17:32:52,tomweber,little herc: 1050 m
04/14/2012,17:33:17,Erin Becker,temp 4.9 deg C
04/14/2012,17:33:36,robertcarney,extra bubble came up
04/14/2012,17:34:07,tomweber,small bubble rising just left side of cylinder?
04/14/2012,17:34:34,tomweber,right side, sorry
04/14/2012,17:35:32,tomweber,hydrate formation appears to be extended a bit further down
04/14/2012,17:36:30,robertcarney,agree point was inline with panel behind when started, now extends below a bit
04/14/2012,17:37:56,robertcarney,extra bubble rising in cyl
04/14/2012,17:38:34,Erin Becker,About 70 min to 300 m
04/14/2012,17:38:42,tomweber,couldn't tell if it was inside or outside, but it went up so fast that it seems like it must have been inside
04/14/2012,17:39:11,robertcarney,another within
04/14/2012,17:43:28,Erin Becker,Looking at a frame grab from before the ascent and we can see that indeed the bottom of the formation was just at the edge of the back panel and is now extended downward.  Also the right side is extended further right
04/14/2012,17:44:51,robertcarney,another within
04/14/2012,17:46:07,robertcarney,,aybe...just maybe the mass is becoming more opaque white
04/14/2012,17:46:44,robertcarney,aexta bubble rising within
04/14/2012,17:47:46,robertcarney,another
04/14/2012,17:48:51,robertcarney,another
04/14/2012,17:48:57,Erin Becker,Looks like there are bubbles escaping from under the lip on the pilot cam
04/14/2012,17:49:04,Erin Becker,which is pointed at the top of the cylinder
04/14/2012,17:49:44,Erin Becker,Now recording the pilot cam
04/14/2012,17:50:49,kevinjerram,a few more bubbles escaping from the cylinder lid
04/14/2012,17:52:19,robertcarney,bubble within
04/14/2012,17:53:15,tomweber,seems to be less hydrate on the upper left
04/14/2012,17:53:19,robertcarney,2 bubbles within...hydrate hidden in funnel may be decomposing
04/14/2012,17:54:43,robertcarney,bubble within
04/14/2012,17:54:48,tomweber,830 m 
04/14/2012,17:55:56,robertcarney,another
04/14/2012,17:56:14,robertcarney,several
04/14/2012,17:56:20,robertcarney,must be about 6 C
04/14/2012,17:56:35,tomweber,5.9 deg C
04/14/2012,17:56:58,tomweber,decomposing, or exapnding and dislodging?
04/14/2012,17:57:02,robertcarney,fsh
04/14/2012,17:57:06,robertcarney,jelly fish
04/14/2012,17:57:18,robertcarney,2 more
04/14/2012,17:57:48,tomweber,nice view from seirios
04/14/2012,17:58:14,robertcarney,another
04/14/2012,17:58:21,robertcarney,another
04/14/2012,17:58:29,tomweber,several
04/14/2012,17:58:29,robertcarney,several
04/14/2012,17:59:13,Erin Becker,Video is clipping out bubble releases
04/14/2012,17:59:23,robertcarney,good
04/14/2012,18:00:16,robertcarney,bubbles within seem to rize faster than when captured...or my confusion...no skin
04/14/2012,18:02:33,tomweber,that will be an interesting clue - a bubble with an imobile surface should rise at a different speed than one with a free surface
04/14/2012,18:02:54,robertcarney,nice inadvertant experiment
04/14/2012,18:04:05,robertcarney,we are passing external bubbles!
04/14/2012,18:04:29,tomweber,are we capturing any?
04/14/2012,18:05:43,tomweber,seems like same odds as a lottery ticket
04/14/2012,18:06:44,tomweber,nice shot of bubble outside of cylinder
04/14/2012,18:07:27,tomweber,expecting bubble rise speeds to be 15-20 cm/s or so
04/14/2012,18:07:44,tomweber,a bit faster than Little Herc's ascent rate
04/14/2012,18:10:50,robertcarney,at 6.7 and this depth you are close to instability  byr colder in cylinder
04/14/2012,18:11:27,Erin Becker,Still bubbles being released around the valve, but it is still not clear whether those are coming from inside the cylinder or were bubbles captured around the valve under a lip
04/14/2012,18:15:09,tomweber,640 m, 7 degC
04/14/2012,18:16:32,tomweber,lot of bubbles coming off the top
04/14/2012,18:18:31,tomweber,gas appears to be coming from funnel
04/14/2012,18:20:47,robertcarney,"boiling" away from funnel now
04/14/2012,18:21:07,tomweber,580 m, 7.8 degC
04/14/2012,18:22:48,tomweber,steady stream of bubbles from top
04/14/2012,18:28:07,robertcarney,volume of hydrate hidden in funnel must be substantial
04/14/2012,18:30:02,tomweber,I never really saw much coming up on the right side while we were filling, so it wouldn't be surprising to have a similar sized chunk of hydrate down there
04/14/2012,18:30:26,robertcarney,tomorrow leave the funnel off
04/14/2012,18:30:53,tomweber,i think its ok not to see it, we're still capturing it, apart from leaky top
04/14/2012,18:32:23,tomweber,445 m, 9.7 degC
04/14/2012,18:33:07,robertcarney,boiling even more 
04/14/2012,18:34:50,robertcarney,you can see perculation within mass on lft
04/14/2012,18:35:15,robertcarney,at cylinder wall extreme lft
04/14/2012,18:36:22,tomweber,424 m, 10.1 degC
04/14/2012,18:36:24,Erin Becker,Little Hercules: 
04/14/2012,Lat/Lon: 28.67547, -88.46890
04/14/2012,Depth: 423.6m
04/14/2012,Altitude: 0.0m
04/14/2012,Heading: 92.8
04/14/2012,Temperature: 10.1358
04/14/2012,
04/14/2012,Seirios:
04/14/2012,Lat/Lon:28.67546, -88.46919
04/14/2012,Depth: 404.7m
04/14/2012,Altitude: 0.0m
04/14/2012,Heading: 321.7
04/14/2012,Temperature: 10.53131
04/14/2012,
04/14/2012,18:36:39,robertcarney,ink
04/14/2012,18:38:43,robertcarney,valve on top certainly seems to have a wide open path
04/14/2012,18:40:01,tomweber,chunks of hydrate floating up in cylinder
04/14/2012,18:43:06,robertcarney,Overnight engineering..relatively easy to have small things flown out to any active nearby rig and pick it up.
04/14/2012,18:44:13,Erin Becker,Fewer (or no) bubbles coming up from the base now
04/14/2012,18:46:16,Erin Becker,Less gas escaping from the top also
04/14/2012,18:46:39,Erin Becker,approaching 300 m
04/14/2012,18:46:47,Erin Becker,12.6 degrees C
04/14/2012,18:48:09,Erin Becker,very few bubbles coming from anywhere now
04/14/2012,18:49:01,Erin Becker,Little Hercules: 
04/14/2012,Lat/Lon: 28.67558, -88.46889
04/14/2012,Depth: 302.7m
04/14/2012,Altitude: 0.0m
04/14/2012,Heading: 68.8
04/14/2012,Temperature: 13.2413
04/14/2012,
04/14/2012,Seirios:
04/14/2012,Lat/Lon:28.67546, -88.46918
04/14/2012,Depth: 284.8m
04/14/2012,Altitude: 0.0m
04/14/2012,Heading: 229.5
04/14/2012,Temperature: 13.79461
04/14/2012,
04/14/2012,18:49:03,Erin Becker,stopped now
04/14/2012,18:49:06,tomweber,about to open top lid
04/14/2012,18:50:13,Erin Becker,nevermind, leaving lid closed
04/14/2012,18:50:31,tomweber,not going to open lid, going to assess the valve after recovery
04/14/2012,18:50:40,Erin Becker,so that the ROV engineers can assess the degree to which it was sealed
04/14/2012,18:51:52,tomweber,this was a very cool dive!
04/14/2012,23:11:39,okeanosexplorer,  This is a live update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. This is Rick Nadeau speaking. The local EX time is 1810 hours.  The ROV is on deck and we are presently acquiring multibeam mapping data around the Biloxi Dome.  The water depth at our position is approximately 1600m. Our present heading is 180°. Position is 28° 37'N, 088° 27'W.