09/19/2014,00:22:41,briankennedy, We are underway with our water maker part. Our first dive will be in Phoenix Canyon on the 19th. The ROV will be deployed around 0830 then descend to about 1200 meters. 09/19/2014,11:18:07,briankennedy,on site preparing to dive. Everything looks good for today so far. The weather is expected to build throughout the day so we will keep a close eye on it. 09/19/2014,12:10:56,Catalina Martinez,Good morning everyone. All three feeds look good this morning and audio sounds great. Good luck on the first dive. 09/19/2014,12:11:52,Scott France,Hi Catalina! Excited to get this leg started! 09/19/2014,12:21:14,Catalina Martinez,Hey Scott! You're looking great on the video. Glad to be working with you again after all these years, albeit remotely! 09/19/2014,12:25:29,melissaryan,Hey Scott and Cat - it's like a MITS 2003 reunion here! Scott, sorry I missed you out there, didn't realize you were on this leg and not the second one. 09/19/2014,12:27:46,Scott France,Hi Melissa. Ditto! 09/19/2014,12:28:05,Scott France,Deep Discoverer and Seirios are in the water. 09/19/2014,12:28:31,kaseycantwell,Hi all - when will you be connecting the telecon. Mike Ford is here to participate for the midwater life on the way down 09/19/2014,12:29:16,Scott France,We were planning at approx 0845 for conference call. 09/19/2014,12:29:38,kaseycantwell,Is it possible to connect it early so Mike can talk to you all if he sees something? 09/19/2014,12:30:34,Scott France,Sure. As soon as the vehicles begin descending I'll ask to get it connected. 09/19/2014,12:30:51,Shank Lab,Good morning all. Working on getting folks into the chat. 09/19/2014,12:30:59,Shank Lab,This is Tim. 09/19/2014,12:31:06,Ellie Bors,This is a test—this is Ellie! 09/19/2014,12:32:03,Scott France,Good morning Ellie. 09/19/2014,12:32:13,Scott France,Howdy Tim. 09/19/2014,12:35:11,Ellie Bors,Good morning, Scott. 09/19/2014,12:37:43,Tara Harmer Luke,God morning 09/19/2014,12:38:21,Tara Harmer Luke,Good morning, I mean. 09/19/2014,12:40:09,michaelvecchione,ptreopod 09/19/2014,12:40:21,michaelvecchione,pseudothecosome pteropod 09/19/2014,12:41:56,Scott France,Beginning descent 09/19/2014,12:44:15,michaelford,first salp chain there 09/19/2014,12:49:08,peterauster,Audio is a bit "muffled" here at Mystic Aquarium site. Is it just us or others experiencing the same problem? 09/19/2014,12:50:44,Scott France,Just passing 315 meters 09/19/2014,12:52:34,Scott France,Hi Tara - can you type out your location so I can announce it without making an error. 09/19/2014,12:53:00,Tara Harmer Luke,Sure. Stockton College in New Jersey. And my mic is now muted 09/19/2014,12:55:16,Scott France,Thanks Tara 09/19/2014,13:03:33,michaelford,looks like some solitary salps passing by 09/19/2014,13:05:01,Scott France,Just passing 695 m depth 09/19/2014,13:06:04,Scott France,5.2°C 09/19/2014,13:09:08,cordeslab,Hi everyone, Erik checking in 09/19/2014,13:10:25,Emily Duwan,Emily Duwan here with Peter Auster from Mystic Aquarium 09/19/2014,13:10:36,susanschnur,This is Susan Schnur, checking in from Okeanos Control room. 09/19/2014,13:10:49,michaelvecchione,FSH 09/19/2014,13:11:00,michaelvecchione,SQD 09/19/2014,13:11:03,Ellie Bors,Good morning Susan 09/19/2014,13:11:34,Ellie Bors,(That was Tim Shank). 09/19/2014,13:11:59,susanschnur,Good morning Tim. Thanks for joining us today. 09/19/2014,13:13:48,michaelvecchione,fsh 09/19/2014,13:15:19,Scott France,Passing 1000 m depth 09/19/2014,13:15:32,Scott France,4.6°C 09/19/2014,13:17:25,Scott France,FSH 09/19/2014,13:17:50,Scott France,SIP 09/19/2014,13:18:46,Ellie Bors,Quick reminder that all taxa codes can be found at http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/collaboration-tools/im-eventlog/dive-codes.html 09/19/2014,13:18:50,susanschnur,We're about 60 m off bottom, not far to go now. 09/19/2014,13:21:08,Scott France,4.36°C, 1163 m 09/19/2014,13:21:27,michaelvecchione,FSH cutthroat eels 09/19/2014,13:22:03,susanschnur,SED 09/19/2014,13:23:33,Ellie Bors,Hovering about 5 m off bottom to get set up. 09/19/2014,13:24:35,Ellie Bors,SQD 09/19/2014,13:24:36,michaelvecchione,sqd 09/19/2014,13:24:51,michaelvecchione,cutthroat eel 09/19/2014,13:25:37,michaelvecchione,SQD is northern shortfin squid Illex illecebrosus 09/19/2014,13:26:16,susanschnur,Sediment must have plenty of fine particles, considering how long it takes to settle. 09/19/2014,13:26:31,susanschnur,silt/sand 09/19/2014,13:26:50,michaelvecchione,looks like a flatfish 09/19/2014,13:27:46,Ellie Bors,Feature to right of image with possible SPO and ACN. 09/19/2014,13:27:52,melissaryan,are all these eels long-nosed eels? 09/19/2014,13:28:18,kaseycantwell,what is D2 holding? 09/19/2014,13:28:49,Scott France,We don't have a name for it yet… 09/19/2014,13:29:03,melissaryan,magic wand 09/19/2014,13:29:09,Scott France,But I favor "Sepoke" pronounced "sea-poke"… 09/19/2014,13:29:15,kaseycantwell,what does it do? 09/19/2014,13:29:22,Scott France,Its an idea we had for testing sediment depth 09/19/2014,13:29:31,kaseycantwell,awesome!!!!! 09/19/2014,13:29:53,kaseycantwell,I like Sepoke 09/19/2014,13:30:10,Scott France,Thanks. Please submit your vote to Todd! 09/19/2014,13:31:00,bradstevens,looks like a dipstick 09/19/2014,13:31:14,susanschnur,I'm hoping this sediment probe will work out and that we'll get some areas where we can actually hit hard bottom with the rod. 09/19/2014,13:31:40,susanschnur,Is sediment thickness something that all of you are also interested in measuring? 09/19/2014,13:33:42,kaseycantwell,Susan- it would be interesting to know in some of the area where we have high backscatter but are actually seeing soft sediment 09/19/2014,13:34:16,susanschnur,Yes, I think we're hoping to do some calibration or testing of backscatter 09/19/2014,13:34:25,kaseycantwell,awesome! 09/19/2014,13:35:38,jasonchaytor,The backscatter is greatly effected by the type of sediment, probably as much as the thickness 09/19/2014,13:41:00,susanschnur,getting ready to move 09/19/2014,13:41:15,susanschnur,This is Dive 1 of Leg 3 09/19/2014,13:41:58,bradstevens,CRARED 09/19/2014,13:42:04,jasonchaytor,Yes it did 09/19/2014,13:42:34,jasonchaytor,Layering visible 09/19/2014,13:42:38,michaelvecchione,ASR 09/19/2014,13:44:14,Ellie Bors,1170m 09/19/2014,13:44:30,michaelvecchione,yes FSH is blue hake 09/19/2014,13:44:34,michaelvecchione,shark 09/19/2014,13:44:56,michaelvecchione,blue hake=Antimora rostrata 09/19/2014,13:48:23,Scott France,10 cm distance between lasers 09/19/2014,13:48:35,jasonchaytor,Ant 09/19/2014,13:49:48,jasonchaytor,Pitting - erosion on rock...roc is out of place 09/19/2014,13:50:33,michaelvecchione,FSH closeup 09/19/2014,13:50:40,jasonchaytor,Bioturbated sediment, feeding traces 09/19/2014,13:51:46,Scott France,Cusk eel? Ophidid? 09/19/2014,13:52:02,michaelvecchione,SHI 09/19/2014,13:53:03,jasonchaytor,Hummocks 09/19/2014,13:53:56,jasonchaytor,BUR multiple 09/19/2014,13:55:21,jasonchaytor,Sediment is THICK 09/19/2014,13:55:53,amandademopoulos,COR cup, maybe flabellum? 09/19/2014,13:55:55,cordeslab,COR solitary 09/19/2014,13:56:06,cordeslab,hi amanda 09/19/2014,13:56:25,kileydancy,looks like Desmophyllum 09/19/2014,13:56:27,amandademopoulos,hi erik? 09/19/2014,13:57:13,amandademopoulos,we collected flabellum in sediments but not 100% 09/19/2014,13:57:26,amandademopoulos,in Norfolk canyon 09/19/2014,13:58:46,jasonchaytor,Hi erik, amanda...long time 09/19/2014,13:59:22,Ellie Bors,Lots of bioturbation, tracks. 09/19/2014,14:00:10,Ellie Bors,ACN, small GAS, HYD on likely solitary COR skeleton. 09/19/2014,14:01:16,Ellie Bors,small reddish SIP 09/19/2014,14:02:19,michaelvecchione,SQD Mastigoteuthis magna 09/19/2014,14:03:07,michaelvecchione,drifts just above the bottom. the tentacles and microscopic suckers and are very sticky 09/19/2014,14:03:21,peterauster,Was synaph we saw on approaching the squid with that animal or just behind it? 09/19/2014,14:04:05,michaelvecchione,SQD Brachioteuthis beanii 09/19/2014,14:04:23,michaelvecchione,white structure ids gonad 09/19/2014,14:05:43,Scott France,4.37°C, 1159 m depth 09/19/2014,14:05:54,michaelvecchione,We haveseen spawning aggregations of Brachioteuthis near here at this time of year. 09/19/2014,14:06:06,jasonchaytor,I collected cores about 1.5 miles from here 2 years ago and the sediment at the surface is a sandy silt (bioturbated heavily), becoming more silty-clay a few 10's of centimeters down 09/19/2014,14:06:12,peterauster,witch flounder 09/19/2014,14:07:37,Scott France,Peter: I think synaph passed just in front of that squid. 09/19/2014,14:07:41,michaelvecchione,The two long things on Mastigoteuthis are ventral arms holding the even longer tentacles separate so that they don't stick together 09/19/2014,14:08:28,jasonchaytor,BUR 09/19/2014,14:09:05,Ellie Bors,ACN venus fly trap 09/19/2014,14:09:06,jasonchaytor,ROC 09/19/2014,14:09:55,jasonchaytor,Heavily eroded (bioeroded?), semi-consolidated 09/19/2014,14:10:48,Scott France,CORO Anthomastus 09/19/2014,14:11:02,jasonchaytor,Probably some kind of siliciclastic mudstone or siltstone 09/19/2014,14:11:40,Tara Harmer Luke,I'm leaving the call briefly, but will be back at 11:20 with my class 09/19/2014,14:11:51,jasonchaytor,Healthy sed drape on the ROC, hasn't been disturbed in a while 09/19/2014,14:14:07,jasonchaytor,No activity right here...lately, but this isn't the canyon thalweg, so it may not record all transport events 09/19/2014,14:14:42,kaseycantwell,Scott is this a much larger version of the small white branching sponges we saw in Washington Canyon? 09/19/2014,14:14:58,Scott France,Related at least 09/19/2014,14:16:44,bradstevens,caprellid amphipods 09/19/2014,14:16:50,Ellie Bors,Zoom on NUD that are on HYD structure 09/19/2014,14:17:01,Ellie Bors,Many APH 09/19/2014,14:18:09,michaelvecchione,very cool NUD 09/19/2014,14:19:40,michaelvecchione,SQD Illex 09/19/2014,14:20:15,Ellie Bors,FSH flat 09/19/2014,14:20:23,Emily Duwan,witch flounder 09/19/2014,14:20:52,michaelvecchione,cat shark 09/19/2014,14:20:53,Emily Duwan,cat shark 09/19/2014,14:20:57,Ellie Bors,Moving again along soft bottom, slightly upslope. Several FSH species. 09/19/2014,14:21:47,susanschnur,Seeing some pits on the bottom, possibly pits dug by fish. 09/19/2014,14:22:04,susanschnur,Fish tuck down into pits to be hidden from predators. 09/19/2014,14:22:15,michaelvecchione,cusk eel 09/19/2014,14:24:07,Ellie Bors,ACN venus fly trap 09/19/2014,14:25:31,Ellie Bors,Lovely zoom 09/19/2014,14:26:18,michaelford,some pits look deep and perhaps connected? 09/19/2014,14:26:47,susanschnur,Jason - I'm noticing darker sediment a little deeper down in the holes. Is this the sand - silt transition that you saw in your cores? 09/19/2014,14:27:18,bradstevens,CRARED 09/19/2014,14:29:01,Ellie Bors,SHI fragments… possible molted carapace 09/19/2014,14:29:45,susanschnur,Can all of you hear me well? We've turned up my volume a bit. 09/19/2014,14:29:52,Scott France,Pilot change 09/19/2014,14:31:01,Timothy Mitchell Shank,Quick chat test 09/19/2014,14:31:05,Scott France,1125 m depth 09/19/2014,14:31:10,Scott France,Read you Tim 09/19/2014,14:31:53,Scott France,4.4°C 09/19/2014,14:32:52,michaelvecchione,There has been speculation that some of the larger pits may be made by toothed whales feeding of squids very close to the bottom 09/19/2014,14:33:18,Timothy Mitchell Shank,FSH flat 09/19/2014,14:33:26,Emily Duwan,witch flounder note black and white pectoral fin 09/19/2014,14:35:07,peterauster,Large virus in the Serious camera 09/19/2014,14:35:37,Scott France,lol 09/19/2014,14:35:59,michaelvecchione,nice view on seirios 09/19/2014,14:40:43,Timothy Mitchell Shank,SPO white 09/19/2014,14:41:00,Timothy Mitchell Shank,Bivalve shells 09/19/2014,14:41:24,Timothy Mitchell Shank,describing as a bivalve 09/19/2014,14:41:44,Timothy Mitchell Shank,FSH witch flounder 09/19/2014,14:42:07,Timothy Mitchell Shank,layered hard bottom 09/19/2014,14:43:02,Timothy Mitchell Shank,Scott are you putting down virtual markers on HYPAC? Might be a good spot here. 09/19/2014,14:43:26,michaelvecchione,test (I got a message that the chat had disconnected) 09/19/2014,14:43:35,Timothy Mitchell Shank,Hi Mike 09/19/2014,14:43:35,Scott France,Thanks for the reminder Tim. Keep them coming. 09/19/2014,14:43:38,michaelvecchione,seems to be back OK 09/19/2014,14:43:54,Scott France,We were all dropped off but are back. 09/19/2014,14:43:55,susanschnur,that seems to happen every once in a while - but you are all back on 09/19/2014,14:44:24,michaelvecchione,FSH rattaoil 09/19/2014,14:45:46,Emily Duwan,marlin spike common name nezumia 09/19/2014,14:47:08,Timothy Mitchell Shank,ACN anemone or COR Cup - don't see septa 09/19/2014,14:47:18,Timothy Mitchell Shank,thinking ACN 09/19/2014,14:47:53,Timothy Mitchell Shank,SQA under ledge 09/19/2014,14:48:26,Timothy Mitchell Shank,get the sediment stick and poke it! :-) 09/19/2014,14:49:09,Scott France,WE've talked about tickling corals to see polyp reaction 09/19/2014,14:49:16,briankinlan,good morning folks, sorry to miss the first part of dive, here now for the remainder of day 09/19/2014,14:49:40,Scott France,Welcome Brian 09/19/2014,14:49:48,randysinger,same here was having some trouble with the eventlog connection 09/19/2014,14:49:53,Scott France,We are at 1109 m 09/19/2014,14:50:08,Scott France,This is the first ledge we've encountered 09/19/2014,14:50:16,michaelvecchione,URC 09/19/2014,14:51:01,robertcarney,> cf Echinus 09/19/2014,14:51:19,randysinger,hey mike! long ime no see (last time was MAR-ECO in 2009?) 09/19/2014,14:51:40,michaelvecchione,Hi Randy 09/19/2014,14:54:23,Scott France,You guys heard thta. How would you like dropped targets named? 09/19/2014,14:54:39,briankinlan,SPO hexactinellids and encrusting 09/19/2014,14:54:41,Timothy Mitchell Shank,Scott, any name but could make the first or last letter actually be a number so that they are incremental 09/19/2014,14:54:46,michaelvecchione,I have to disappear for a while. I'll try to watch as much as possible on my cell phone. 09/19/2014,14:55:24,Timothy Mitchell Shank,Name could reflect the feature of interest - e.g., coral wall, fish ball, etc. 09/19/2014,14:55:56,Scott France,First target was labeled "outcrop" 09/19/2014,14:57:20,briankinlan,CORO 09/19/2014,14:58:02,briankinlan,cip coral under ledge? 09/19/2014,14:58:07,briankinlan,*cup 09/19/2014,14:58:14,Scott France,Yes cup under ledge 09/19/2014,14:58:21,randysinger,anyone else getting some video lag? 09/19/2014,14:58:34,randysinger,its not often just once in a while 09/19/2014,14:58:38,briankinlan,COR scleractinian cup coral under ledge 09/19/2014,14:58:42,robertcarney,>Rock several circular cavities into horz small strata 09/19/2014,14:58:43,jasonchaytor,Heavy erosion, possibly some Fe staining 09/19/2014,14:59:11,briankinlan,I assume we are using same logging codes as before? don't see them in the eventlog 09/19/2014,14:59:36,Scott France,Do you mean codes? Then yes, same codes. 09/19/2014,14:59:46,briankinlan,yup. great. 09/19/2014,14:59:54,Scott France,http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/collaboration-tools/im-eventlog/dive-codes.html 09/19/2014,15:00:09,Timothy Mitchell Shank,I can paste the codes in but they are in the portal 09/19/2014,15:00:44,briankinlan,Got 'em from the link. Thanks. 09/19/2014,15:01:01,Emily Duwan,cottunculous sp? 09/19/2014,15:01:25,amandademopoulos,FSH :) 09/19/2014,15:01:52,Shank Lab,Wow great shot 09/19/2014,15:01:59,jasonchaytor,Dipping layering...not sure what the vehicle orientation is...but Iguess it is seaward-dipping 09/19/2014,15:03:58,randysinger,Cottunculus 09/19/2014,15:04:22,randysinger,is he spelling of the genus. can't confirm species yet. using key 09/19/2014,15:04:29,randysinger,*the 09/19/2014,15:06:25,Scott France,Thanks Randy 09/19/2014,15:06:26,briankinlan,Scott when you get a chance could you type current position into eventlog? Or someone else if you have it handy. Too blurry to see on the quad screen. 09/19/2014,15:06:32,briankinlan,D2 position 09/19/2014,15:06:39,randysinger,species of cottunculus in Atlantic are: konstantinovi, microps and sadko 09/19/2014,15:07:51,Scott France,-73.913063, 37.89-3-1 for ROV 09/19/2014,15:08:09,Scott France,37.890305 09/19/2014,15:10:29,amandademopoulos,looks like sargassum 09/19/2014,15:10:30,robertcarney,>sargassum 09/19/2014,15:11:50,briankinlan,SPO hex 09/19/2014,15:11:59,susanschnur,WAL 09/19/2014,15:13:03,jasonchaytor,Beautiful layering, differentitial erosion, but very similar looking lithologies 09/19/2014,15:13:55,jasonchaytor,I don't see any obvious signs of "larger" scale failure of the outcrop, most likely progressive erosion (bio, chemical, current) 09/19/2014,15:14:47,briankinlan,CORO 09/19/2014,15:15:04,briankinlan,Acanthogorgia? 09/19/2014,15:15:36,briankinlan,CRA 09/19/2014,15:17:19,jasonchaytor,Put the sediment stick in :-) 09/19/2014,15:17:55,susanschnur,im looking for an opportunity to deploy the poker...too much biology to explore! 09/19/2014,15:18:29,briankinlan,OCT 09/19/2014,15:21:02,Tara Harmer Luke,Hi. I'm back online with my Deep Sea Biology class at Stockton College. Students in this class are undergraduate biology and marine science majors, and are all excited to be participating. 09/19/2014,15:22:34,michaelford,Boroe 09/19/2014,15:22:55,susanschnur,what do you think about the little amphitheater-like hole at the base there - another fish hole? 09/19/2014,15:23:45,randysinger,probably a geologic phenomena. most fish at that depth can only really dig into soft sediment 09/19/2014,15:24:21,susanschnur,current scour maybe? 09/19/2014,15:24:26,Emily Duwan,another witch flounder 09/19/2014,15:24:27,randysinger,FSH skate 09/19/2014,15:24:35,randysinger,skate to the right of the flounder 09/19/2014,15:24:47,briankinlan,FLAT 09/19/2014,15:25:09,randysinger,right and north 09/19/2014,15:25:31,randysinger,:) 09/19/2014,15:25:37,randysinger,Bathyraja 09/19/2014,15:26:46,randysinger,its a female 09/19/2014,15:26:53,randysinger,no claspers 09/19/2014,15:29:57,Scott France,I'm off to eat and Susan is in charge. 09/19/2014,15:30:24,jasonchaytor,Scratch and pit erosion, fractures possibly...fault would be a tough sell given that there was no obvious offset visible from here 09/19/2014,15:30:52,briankinlan,GAStropod 09/19/2014,15:31:03,robertcarney,>chiton 09/19/2014,15:31:04,briankinlan,chiton 09/19/2014,15:31:13,briankinlan,thought I also saw a snail? 09/19/2014,15:31:16,briankinlan,yes 09/19/2014,15:31:17,briankinlan,GAS 09/19/2014,15:31:53,briankinlan,CHI 09/19/2014,15:32:08,randysinger,I've seen about 3-4 different species of Synaphobranchid swim by (cutthroat eel) 09/19/2014,15:32:23,randysinger,FSH to right of skate 09/19/2014,15:32:27,susanschnur,Scott is off to lunch - I'll be on duty. Let me know if you see interesting organisms. 09/19/2014,15:32:30,randysinger,swimming upslope 09/19/2014,15:32:43,briankinlan,outcrop and boulders scattered over sediment 09/19/2014,15:32:51,briankinlan,URC 09/19/2014,15:32:55,briankinlan,ACN 09/19/2014,15:33:36,briankinlan,COR cup coral 09/19/2014,15:34:57,briankinlan,Desmophyllum, polyps not extended 09/19/2014,15:35:34,briankinlan,CORO Acanthogorgia? 09/19/2014,15:35:39,amandademopoulos,ASR 09/19/2014,15:36:41,briankinlan,2 hermit crabs PAG in CORO 09/19/2014,15:37:58,briankinlan,CRARED 09/19/2014,15:38:16,briankinlan,URC 09/19/2014,15:38:36,briankinlan,COR rubble (desmophyllum) 09/19/2014,15:39:36,amandademopoulos,can we zoom on seastar before we head too far? 09/19/2014,15:39:51,amandademopoulos,nevermind, i'll be faster next time 09/19/2014,15:40:12,susanschnur,looks like its too late - you wanted the large one to the left? 09/19/2014,15:40:16,susanschnur,ok 09/19/2014,15:40:37,michaelford,OCT 09/19/2014,15:41:11,jasonchaytor,Well layered, still lots of smaller scale erosion, coupled with stronger erosion (caves, pits, etc) of some of the weaker layers 09/19/2014,15:41:21,robertcarney,>Limid bivalve pair a "Pen" 09/19/2014,15:41:29,briankinlan,BIV limid 09/19/2014,15:42:31,Tara Harmer Luke,cup corals 09/19/2014,15:43:00,amandademopoulos,COR colonial scleractinian 09/19/2014,15:43:54,susanschnur,polyps extended 09/19/2014,15:43:57,Tara Harmer Luke,URC 09/19/2014,15:45:05,susanschnur,amanda - do you want to look at the seastar? 09/19/2014,15:45:26,amandademopoulos,yes please, i'm not the expert, but good to grab grabs 09/19/2014,15:45:27,Tara Harmer Luke,Even if she doesn't, I do 09/19/2014,15:46:30,bradstevens,small king crab ?? 09/19/2014,15:47:03,briankinlan,COR Solenosmilia? with COR Desmophyllum (live and dead) on wall 09/19/2014,15:47:11,briankinlan,ACN 09/19/2014,15:47:16,kaseycantwell,can we zoom back on that crab again please once you are done with this zoom now that the sediment is cleared 09/19/2014,15:47:21,briankinlan,correction ASR seastar 09/19/2014,15:47:36,susanschnur,ok - after this seastar 09/19/2014,15:48:37,susanschnur,Chris ma - chondraster 09/19/2014,15:48:47,randysinger,The white colored shark we saw was possibly: Apristurus (ghost cat shark) 09/19/2014,15:49:34,robertcarney,>CRB lithodid? 09/19/2014,15:50:06,bradstevens,CRAKC juvenile king crab.... Neolithodes sp 09/19/2014,15:51:57,susanschnur,scott is back 09/19/2014,15:52:23,randysinger,FSH skate again (bottom left) 09/19/2014,15:52:47,robertcarney, cerianthid 09/19/2014,15:53:15,briankinlan,ACN cerianthid 09/19/2014,15:53:44,Tara Harmer Luke,OCT 09/19/2014,15:54:34,susanschnur,I'm stepping out for lunch but will be back shortly. 09/19/2014,15:56:01,Tara Harmer Luke,is that a brittle star top middle? 09/19/2014,15:56:08,robertcarney,>Oph Ophiomusium? 09/19/2014,15:57:27,wilmeliecruz,SHI 09/19/2014,15:57:56,robertcarney,oph up and rt of anthomastus 09/19/2014,15:58:19,amandademopoulos,CORO anthomastus 09/19/2014,15:59:55,robertcarney,>Gas small 09/19/2014,16:00:31,Scott France,Pilot change for lunch 09/19/2014,16:00:38,Tara Harmer Luke,Thanks for the zoom on the anthomastus! 09/19/2014,16:00:58,Tara Harmer Luke,sorry, ophiomusium 09/19/2014,16:02:13,briankinlan,D2 position, please? 09/19/2014,16:02:53,Scott France,Position coming 09/19/2014,16:03:06,nicolemorgan,psuedomorph 09/19/2014,16:03:48,Tara Harmer Luke,FSH skate 09/19/2014,16:04:03,briankinlan,COR Solenosmilia 09/19/2014,16:04:12,briankinlan,COR Desmophyllum high desnity under ledge 09/19/2014,16:05:30,cordeslab,looks more like Solenosmilia 09/19/2014,16:05:42,cordeslab,nice find 09/19/2014,16:07:03,briankinlan,CORO Anthothela? 09/19/2014,16:07:42,briankinlan,could someone pls type in D2 position? 09/19/2014,16:08:37,robertcarney,> BIV limid 09/19/2014,16:09:39,robertcarney,limid attaches by byssal fibers 09/19/2014,16:09:44,michaelford,FSH 09/19/2014,16:10:43,Tara Harmer Luke,URC 09/19/2014,16:10:52,michaelford,salp chain from seirios cam 09/19/2014,16:10:53,Scott France,Sorry - trying to get you position but I am alone... 09/19/2014,16:11:23,michaelford,solitary salps and Beroe too 09/19/2014,16:12:07,Scott France,37d53.4103, -73d54.7787 for D2 09/19/2014,16:12:36,michaelford,1086m 09/19/2014,16:12:47,robertcarney,> mucus streamers hanging down 09/19/2014,16:13:59,robertcarney,>Oph 09/19/2014,16:14:00,jasonchaytor,Small slope failure 09/19/2014,16:15:47,briankinlan,CORO Acanthogorgia? 09/19/2014,16:15:58,briankinlan,also COR Desmophyllum 09/19/2014,16:16:58,amandademopoulos,is that a fish FSH below the acanthogorgia 09/19/2014,16:18:33,peterauster,Good eyes Scott! Probably cat shark ... 09/19/2014,16:19:23,briankinlan,no problem - thanks for the position Scott. 09/19/2014,16:21:42,robertcarney,>vert straight tubes from rock surface 09/19/2014,16:22:11,robertcarney,>AST 09/19/2014,16:22:29,briankinlan,ASR seastar 09/19/2014,16:22:51,robertcarney,Dark rock to rt? 09/19/2014,16:23:15,briankinlan,COR Desmophyllum high density in band on wall 09/19/2014,16:23:20,robertcarney,rt lower yes 09/19/2014,16:23:26,briankinlan,BIV limids 09/19/2014,16:23:38,jasonchaytor,Saw some fine scale layering in the wall 09/19/2014,16:25:34,jasonchaytor,Chute 09/19/2014,16:27:22,kaseycantwell,zoon on crab please 09/19/2014,16:27:40,susanschnur,I'm back in the control room on okeanos. 09/19/2014,16:27:40,robertcarney,>AST brisingid 09/19/2014,16:27:58,briankinlan,ASR brisingid 09/19/2014,16:28:19,robertcarney,analog of crinoid 09/19/2014,16:29:08,marthanizinski,was there something in that white sponge? 09/19/2014,16:29:11,kaseycantwell,for the crab zoom - can you also please have the lasers on 09/19/2014,16:29:37,robertcarney,>Biv dead limid shell? 09/19/2014,16:29:52,Scott France,Sponge upper left? Martha? 09/19/2014,16:30:13,marthanizinski,Yes on "the nose" 09/19/2014,16:30:49,marthanizinski,Yes Chaceon crab 09/19/2014,16:30:52,briankinlan,CRARED 09/19/2014,16:30:59,wilmeliecruz,the crab is old due to the black markings on it. 09/19/2014,16:32:37,robertcarney,>AMP on ventrum of CRB 09/19/2014,16:34:17,bradstevens,correction - crab may be 3-4 years since its last molt, maybe 10-12 years old total 09/19/2014,16:34:37,bradstevens,and many of them have lepadid barnacles growing on them 09/19/2014,16:34:42,randysinger,Scott is such a good narator 09/19/2014,16:35:10,amandademopoulos,agreed, scott you are doing a nice job 09/19/2014,16:35:26,randysinger,haha 09/19/2014,16:35:37,susanschnur,37d53.4035N, 073d54.7744W for D2 09/19/2014,16:35:58,marthanizinski,Awesome. Thanks for the close up. 09/19/2014,16:38:00,briankinlan,Scott could I get another D2 position now that the USBL is working again? 09/19/2014,16:38:26,briankinlan,CORO Acanthogorgia 09/19/2014,16:38:29,briankinlan,x2 09/19/2014,16:38:52,Scott France,37d53.4192, -73d54.7573 for D2 09/19/2014,16:40:51,briankinlan,Scott- Not saying we shouldn't head toward WP2, just saying we might peek to the left of our track to see if we see anything great in the sector scanning sonar in that direction 09/19/2014,16:42:20,briankinlan,CORO Acanthogorgia 09/19/2014,16:42:23,briankinlan,COR cup corals 09/19/2014,16:43:04,randysinger,fun fact: there is a species of synaphobranchid (cutthroat eel) that is parasitic. They are super rare. Myabe we'll se one. 09/19/2014,16:44:11,briankinlan,OPH 09/19/2014,16:45:03,Timothy Mitchell Shank,Great close up of OPH 09/19/2014,16:45:17,briankinlan,what was the bearing of that last ship move? couldn't hear it 09/19/2014,16:45:35,Timothy Mitchell Shank,Ophiomusium OPH 09/19/2014,16:46:22,Scott France,Heading 210 for ship 09/19/2014,16:46:24,randysinger,Ya Simenchelys are brutal. Take no prisoners down there 09/19/2014,16:46:34,briankinlan,Great, thanks 09/19/2014,16:46:55,peterauster,Could be the basis for a movie! 09/19/2014,16:47:13,randysinger,so true Peter 09/19/2014,16:47:25,jasonchaytor,Clear layering in the outcrop 09/19/2014,16:48:03,jasonchaytor,Vertical erosion? Feature 09/19/2014,16:49:14,jasonchaytor,Possibly a fracture that was widened by erosion 09/19/2014,16:50:33,briankinlan,top of wall feature 09/19/2014,16:51:08,briankinlan,CORO small on lip 09/19/2014,16:51:56,robertcarney,>CRN small white lt up 09/19/2014,16:52:17,briankinlan,SHI molt or remains 09/19/2014,16:53:23,briankinlan,CORO - young sea pen? 09/19/2014,16:53:36,kaseycantwell,lasers? 09/19/2014,16:53:54,bradstevens,possible bathynectes 09/19/2014,16:54:16,kaseycantwell,thanks!! 09/19/2014,16:54:24,robertcarney,>Xeno? 09/19/2014,16:54:38,briankinlan,XEN 09/19/2014,16:55:15,robertcarney,>AMP walking stick 09/19/2014,16:57:29,kaseycantwell,zoom on crab please 09/19/2014,16:57:36,bradstevens,crab zoom please 09/19/2014,16:59:18,robertcarney,Neolithodes-like 09/19/2014,16:59:21,bradstevens,CRAKC probaly Neolithodes maybe grimaldii or agassizi 09/19/2014,17:00:19,marthanizinski,Crab looks abit different than others we have seen. Juvenile? 09/19/2014,17:01:08,Scott France,Hard to tell for me from that back view 09/19/2014,17:01:16,bradstevens,we saw a juve earlier that had much longer thinner spines. This one is older 09/19/2014,17:01:23,bradstevens,CRARED 09/19/2014,17:02:12,briankinlan,FLAT 09/19/2014,17:03:17,briankinlan,grabbing a quick lunch and will rejoin from the Silver Spring ECC in a few min 09/19/2014,17:03:28,Scott France,Heading 195 09/19/2014,17:03:47,kaseycantwell,Depth? 09/19/2014,17:05:03,susanschnur,depth is currently 1070 09/19/2014,17:05:10,susanschnur,we've come about 100 m on the dive so far. 09/19/2014,17:05:30,peterauster,That xeno looks like it had been knocked over or had some erosion/predation on one side? 09/19/2014,17:05:47,Scott France,Agreed Peter 09/19/2014,17:07:13,michaelvecchione,JFH 09/19/2014,17:09:12,Scott France,Why so many shrimp exoskeletons? 09/19/2014,17:09:55,Tara Harmer Luke,FSH flounder 09/19/2014,17:12:04,wilmeliecruz,temperature? 09/19/2014,17:12:20,Shank Lab,at WP2 09/19/2014,17:13:03,susanschnur,4.44 C 09/19/2014,17:13:03,marthanizinski,There seems to be a problem with the audio on the live feed. Breaking up and repeating. Anyone else experiencing this? 09/19/2014,17:13:16,susanschnur,weve changed by about 0.1 C over 100 m. 09/19/2014,17:13:29,wilmeliecruz,Thanks 09/19/2014,17:13:54,peterauster,little ophidiid 09/19/2014,17:14:44,randysinger,not a halosaur 09/19/2014,17:14:46,Scott France,Our sound sounds good when we go in the outer room to listen to feed… 09/19/2014,17:14:49,peterauster,Synaph 09/19/2014,17:15:08,Shank Lab,Not having a problem martha (Tim) 09/19/2014,17:17:54,michaelvecchione,Martha -- try restarting your browser. 09/19/2014,17:18:07,marthanizinski,OK Thanks 09/19/2014,17:19:26,jasonchaytor,Very interesting sculted erosional patterns 09/19/2014,17:19:26,jasonchaytor,Sculpted 09/19/2014,17:20:32,susanschnur,scuplted by currents? 09/19/2014,17:20:38,susanschnur,sculpted 09/19/2014,17:21:06,peterauster,Well done! Nezumia 09/19/2014,17:21:09,jasonchaytor,By currents, downslope sediment/fluid flows 09/19/2014,17:21:57,jasonchaytor,Some damming of transported? sediment at top of fracture 09/19/2014,17:22:58,robertcarney,lost http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/media/exstream/exstream.html 09/19/2014,17:23:16,michaelvecchione,me too 09/19/2014,17:23:23,jasonchaytor,Lost in woods hole 09/19/2014,17:23:26,marthanizinski,ditto 09/19/2014,17:23:27,Tara Harmer Luke,here too 09/19/2014,17:23:52,Emily Duwan,lost here at mystic 09/19/2014,17:24:11,robertcarney,back but jerky 09/19/2014,17:24:20,michaelvecchione,full-res is working 09/19/2014,17:24:31,Emily Duwan,back 09/19/2014,17:24:33,robertcarney,green screen 09/19/2014,17:24:38,Ellie Bors,we still have video through I2 at WHOI 09/19/2014,17:24:41,Tara Harmer Luke,full res is jerkey here 09/19/2014,17:25:02,michaelvecchione,low res back now 09/19/2014,17:25:02,robertcarney,back good 09/19/2014,17:26:16,Tara Harmer Luke,all well here now 09/19/2014,17:27:31,michaelvecchione,video gone again 09/19/2014,17:28:39,michaelvecchione,back again 09/19/2014,17:28:54,robertcarney,>Fflat 09/19/2014,17:30:46,michaelvecchione,If you do it through midwater, please keep the camera facing into direction of movement 09/19/2014,17:30:58,randysinger,yes! 09/19/2014,17:32:02,marthanizinski,jump! 09/19/2014,17:32:27,Tim Shank, moving to another area of higher slope would be the preferred option 09/19/2014,17:32:35,Catalina Martinez,FYI - there was no interruption in video at the ISC 09/19/2014,17:32:40,Catalina Martinez,while others were seeing issues 09/19/2014,17:33:00,Tim Shank,no interruption here at WHOI either 09/19/2014,17:33:17,jasonchaytor,Very thick sediments here 09/19/2014,17:33:35,jasonchaytor,BURs are very deep 09/19/2014,17:34:07,randysinger,as mike said preference to keeping campera angled towards movement in the water column if it is midwater 09/19/2014,17:34:11,randysinger,*camera 09/19/2014,17:34:40,peterauster,if we ever need to account for mail in ballots, I vote jump. 09/19/2014,17:34:45,michaelvecchione,thanks 09/19/2014,17:35:10,Scott France,OK - we are preparing to make the jump which is about 130 meters away 09/19/2014,17:35:14,michaelvecchione,I vote for Scotland to remain in the IK 09/19/2014,17:35:18,michaelvecchione,UK 09/19/2014,17:35:29,randysinger,your wish was granted I believe 09/19/2014,17:36:35,briankinlan,scott is there an approx. lat lon for the waypoint we are heading to? 09/19/2014,17:36:59,Scott France,Yes one moment 09/19/2014,17:37:06,Scott France,Susan will provide 09/19/2014,17:37:32,susanschnur,37d53.3999, 073d54.7694 for D2 09/19/2014,17:37:43,briankinlan,thanks susan! 09/19/2014,17:38:53,briankinlan,Hi Susan - that looks like our current position. Do you have the waypoint we are heading towards? 09/19/2014,17:39:08,susanschnur,ok, strange, it must not be selected. Let me find it 09/19/2014,17:40:19,susanschnur,37d53.3855N, 073d54.8865W for D2 09/19/2014,17:40:41,randysinger,copepod? 09/19/2014,17:41:18,michaelvecchione,Mysid 09/19/2014,17:41:18,michaelvecchione,Mysid 09/19/2014,17:41:24,randysinger,yup 09/19/2014,17:41:24,Santiago Herrera,. 09/19/2014,17:43:32,randysinger,macrourid 09/19/2014,17:43:48,michaelvecchione,roundnose grenadier? 09/19/2014,17:43:53,peterauster,yes 09/19/2014,17:44:21,michaelvecchione,nice job on pelagic videos 09/19/2014,17:44:30,randysinger,definitely. the zoom is insane 09/19/2014,17:45:31,briankinlan,For your information, I'm showing the base of the steepest slope feature near where we are landing is at -73.916145°, 37.891196°, -1094m 09/19/2014,17:45:35,Scott France,Depth 1033 m 09/19/2014,17:45:55,randysinger,fish top left 09/19/2014,17:46:20,briankinlan,which is about 200m at a bearing of 320 or so from the spot where we will be touchign down 09/19/2014,17:49:48,michaelvecchione,larvacean plus something 09/19/2014,17:50:11,michaelvecchione,shrimp exoskeleton 09/19/2014,17:50:18,randysinger,yup 09/19/2014,17:52:12,randysinger,This is very Star Trek starfield-eque 09/19/2014,17:52:39,randysinger,*esque 09/19/2014,17:52:39,randysinger,*esque 09/19/2014,17:53:02,susanschnur,More like SeaQuest 09/19/2014,18:01:14,Timothy Mitchell Shank,OCT 09/19/2014,18:01:33,michaelvecchione,zoom? 09/19/2014,18:02:04,susanschnur,do you want lasers? 09/19/2014,18:02:12,michaelvecchione,Yes. Same species. Graneledone verrucosa 09/19/2014,18:02:14,Tara Harmer Luke,yes please 09/19/2014,18:02:23,michaelvecchione,might be eating something 09/19/2014,18:03:04,michaelvecchione,yes caprellids 09/19/2014,18:03:09,Timothy Mitchell Shank,AMP Caprellids 09/19/2014,18:03:14,Timothy Mitchell Shank, on OCT 09/19/2014,18:03:20,michaelvecchione,interesting 09/19/2014,18:03:46,Timothy Mitchell Shank,Mike, do you see this often? or before? 09/19/2014,18:03:48,michaelvecchione,never seen amph on octopods like this 09/19/2014,18:03:55,michaelvecchione,maximum zoom? 09/19/2014,18:04:20,michaelvecchione,maybe not APH 09/19/2014,18:05:00,peterauster,The heartbreak of amphipods ... 09/19/2014,18:05:07,Scott France,lol 09/19/2014,18:05:22,michaelvecchione,thank you 09/19/2014,18:05:37,bradstevens,looked like leeches to us 09/19/2014,18:06:26,michaelvecchione,cranchiid squid 09/19/2014,18:06:33,marthanizinski,Cool deep-sea predation! 09/19/2014,18:06:41,michaelvecchione,not bobtail 09/19/2014,18:07:09,michaelvecchione,probably Teuthowenia megalops 09/19/2014,18:07:19,michaelvecchione,very interesting.... 09/19/2014,18:08:35,michaelvecchione,see http://tolweb.org/Teuthowenia_megalops/19613 09/19/2014,18:09:11,Scott France,We think we saw limbs, hence the caprellid guess. Also bent as a jointed crustacean would. 09/19/2014,18:09:34,Scott France,test 09/19/2014,18:10:24,randysinger,wow predation in action 09/19/2014,18:10:44,michaelvecchione,that was great 09/19/2014,18:11:00,randysinger,I guess cutthroats eat squid! 09/19/2014,18:12:14,michaelvecchione,good guess Randy 09/19/2014,18:12:51,michaelvecchione,Last year they saw a cutthroat eating a Brachioteuthis 09/19/2014,18:12:53,randysinger,grenadier gotta see the anus to be sure 09/19/2014,18:13:18,randysinger,wow mike...insane 09/19/2014,18:13:20,peterauster,cusk eel ,,, ophidiid 09/19/2014,18:13:26,randysinger,thats a cusk eel 09/19/2014,18:13:27,randysinger,ya 09/19/2014,18:13:36,randysinger,petere said it first haha 09/19/2014,18:14:33,randysinger,Sadly deep-sea science friends I need to jet. I'll be traveling next week, but I'll try and ge tin on as many dives as I can 09/19/2014,18:14:38,randysinger,its been great 09/19/2014,18:15:01,peterauster,Thanks Randy ... fair winds 09/19/2014,18:16:33,jasonchaytor,The color "change" may just be a "fresher" surface 09/19/2014,18:18:06,Tara Harmer Luke,ASR 09/19/2014,18:18:17,Timothy Mitchell Shank,interesting cave feature…. 09/19/2014,18:18:35,Tara Harmer Luke,What's in the cave? 09/19/2014,18:18:51,Timothy Mitchell Shank,don't see where material went that formed the cave.... 09/19/2014,18:18:55,jasonchaytor,Likely a bedding plane at base of cave 09/19/2014,18:19:29,jasonchaytor,Vertical streaks on the surface of the wall suggest down wall sed/water transport 09/19/2014,18:19:31,susanschnur,I assume there's no way for fluid to filter down through these siltstones - nothing forcing it in, at least not underwater. 09/19/2014,18:19:32,peterauster,Well done Scott! Long finned hake 09/19/2014,18:20:04,Scott France,What have I done to myself! 09/19/2014,18:20:09,peterauster,long pectoral fins and very tall dorsal are the key 09/19/2014,18:20:32,jasonchaytor,Some fluid expulsion is possible (spring sapping), but it has only been found (or interpreted to occur) in older chalk formation 09/19/2014,18:20:41,peterauster,Pretty soon fish will be the focus and corals just a hobby! 09/19/2014,18:21:06,Scott France,Gotta go with what you got 09/19/2014,18:21:35,Tara Harmer Luke,squid 09/19/2014,18:22:00,michaelvecchione,Illex illecebrosus 09/19/2014,18:22:15,michaelvecchione,That's what happens when you step away. 09/19/2014,18:22:21,susanschnur,ok - do we get chalks lower down in the stratigraphy of the canyons? 09/19/2014,18:22:37,jasonchaytor,The material is long gone and possibly in a slow progressive manner 09/19/2014,18:22:42,michaelvecchione,Some facts: This is commercially important species 09/19/2014,18:22:55,Timothy Mitchell Shank,depth 1038m 09/19/2014,18:23:04,michaelvecchione,The most abundant squid in the NW Atlantic 09/19/2014,18:23:28,jasonchaytor,Yes, common in the Eocene formations, deeper down, but exposed off New Jersey and in the canyons off New England 09/19/2014,18:23:44,briankinlan,SPO hexactinellid vases 09/19/2014,18:23:51,briankinlan,CORO Acanthogorgia 09/19/2014,18:25:13,briankinlan,no visible associates 09/19/2014,18:25:52,Timothy Mitchell Shank,Thank you Brian 09/19/2014,18:26:35,Scott France,Thanks for typing in the observations - tough to keep up with everything else going on here. 09/19/2014,18:27:14,jasonchaytor,Ongoing evacuation of a BUR possibly 09/19/2014,18:28:07,jasonchaytor,Spalling failure 09/19/2014,18:29:35,jasonchaytor,Thanks for making my paper easier to write 09/19/2014,18:29:52,briankinlan,CORO small white on lip 09/19/2014,18:30:07,susanschnur,What paper are you working on? 09/19/2014,18:30:44,jasonchaytor,Canyon wall failure processes 09/19/2014,18:30:51,marthanizinski,Any idea what species of coral that was? 09/19/2014,18:30:52,Tara Harmer Luke,URC 09/19/2014,18:31:44,marthanizinski,Zoom on an urchin too please. When you get a chance. 09/19/2014,18:31:58,Scott France,No - but given what we've seen possibly Acanthogorgia 09/19/2014,18:32:21,jasonchaytor,We have seen many features like this..can you zoom at the top of the burrow? 09/19/2014,18:32:21,robertcarney,Exposed vert pipe? 09/19/2014,18:32:29,marthanizinski,Thanks Scott. 09/19/2014,18:33:08,susanschnur,is that good Jason? 09/19/2014,18:33:31,Scott France,COR cup 09/19/2014,18:33:36,jasonchaytor,Yes, thanks. Jury is still out on some of these features about if they are burrows or fluid vents 09/19/2014,18:33:44,Scott France,ACN 09/19/2014,18:34:16,briankinlan,D2 position? 09/19/2014,18:34:31,briankinlan,COR cup corals under overhang 09/19/2014,18:34:37,Scott France,ONe moment Brian 09/19/2014,18:34:56,kaseycantwell,depth? 09/19/2014,18:35:21,susanschnur,1035 09/19/2014,18:35:27,jasonchaytor,This looks more "burrowish"...doesn't have the very defined circular structure with open apeture we have seen off new england 09/19/2014,18:35:30,Scott France,37d53.3639, -73d54.8622 09/19/2014,18:36:29,Tara Harmer Luke,ACN 09/19/2014,18:38:11,Timothy Mitchell Shank,Brian K. and others, I think there is a scrolling display of Lat Lon we have access to through the data feed. Let me see if I can find it. I think this would help a lot. 09/19/2014,18:39:01,Scott France,Would make it easier for me. Hard to read from my perspective, and keys in dark so tough to type quickly 09/19/2014,18:39:22,jasonchaytor,Sediment scour forming the "white" line 09/19/2014,18:41:20,Timothy Mitchell Shank,Yeah, this is why we asked to have that as one of the tools. Have not found it online yet. Brian Kennedy will likely know how to access it on the ship. 09/19/2014,18:42:01,briankinlan,Kasey Cantwell and I checked it here and it did not seem to be up yet. But yes, agree this would be really helpful 09/19/2014,18:42:04,kaseycantwell,Tim- lets talk about options for this on the science call this afternoon 09/19/2014,18:42:39,Timothy Mitchell Shank,ok. great. 09/19/2014,18:43:01,amandademopoulos,not that i want this to end... but when is off bottom time? 09/19/2014,18:43:35,amandademopoulos,thanks! 09/19/2014,18:45:11,Timothy Mitchell Shank,Scott and Susan, I was able to see the scrolling lat lon scroll and copy and paste a set of coordinates in the chat- sorry to drag this conversation out- but want to help. 09/19/2014,18:46:13,Scott France,OK Tim - lets discuss this on conference call to be certain everyone is seeing same ffed 09/19/2014,18:46:57,briankinlan,COR cup corals under ledge 09/19/2014,18:47:50,Scott France,Pilot change 09/19/2014,18:48:12,peterauster,Re shrimp casts/molts, wonder if there is synchronous molting in these beasts ... 09/19/2014,18:48:13,michaelvecchione,OCT 09/19/2014,18:49:05,michaelvecchione,Graneledone verrucosa 09/19/2014,18:49:50,michaelvecchione,turn on lasers? 09/19/2014,18:50:24,michaelvecchione,thanks 09/19/2014,18:50:59,michaelvecchione,It's a boy 09/19/2014,18:51:58,kaseycantwell,how can you tell ? 09/19/2014,18:52:30,michaelvecchione,yes. I saw the hecocotylized arm (3rd right arm) 09/19/2014,18:52:57,michaelvecchione,see the modified toip? 09/19/2014,18:53:08,kaseycantwell,cool! thanks! 09/19/2014,18:54:01,Scott France,Mike - was it the coiled white tup more-or-less at the right rear? 09/19/2014,18:54:12,michaelvecchione,yes 09/19/2014,18:54:20,Scott France,Thanks 09/19/2014,18:54:40,Timothy Mitchell Shank,The tip looked flattened and coiled. 09/19/2014,18:54:48,Timothy Mitchell Shank,HOL first one 09/19/2014,18:55:23,robertcarney,>HOL Peniagone or Scotoanassa type taxonomy unsettled 09/19/2014,18:56:01,amandademopoulos,some HOL are very selective :) 09/19/2014,18:56:37,amandademopoulos,some particles are stickier and more organic rich than others 09/19/2014,18:56:43,robertcarney,3-pairs ventro-lat podia on post 1/3 of body 09/19/2014,18:56:56,robertcarney,Scotoanassa = swimmer in darkness 09/19/2014,18:57:07,robertcarney,Peniagone = spawn of poversty 09/19/2014,18:57:40,robertcarney,poverty 09/19/2014,18:58:16,robertcarney,>XEN 09/19/2014,18:58:16,amandademopoulos,FSH 09/19/2014,18:58:24,amandademopoulos,wait for it... 09/19/2014,18:58:31,amandademopoulos,OH WOW 09/19/2014,18:58:46,amandademopoulos,FSH rattail with copepod parasites 09/19/2014,18:58:49,marthanizinski,Amazing! 09/19/2014,18:59:33,amandademopoulos,looks like the fish's abdomen is distended on the opposite side 09/19/2014,19:00:55,amandademopoulos,:-Dwish we could be there in person 09/19/2014,19:01:28,Scott France,We'd be fighting over the seat! ;-) 09/19/2014,19:01:38,marthanizinski,Agreed! 09/19/2014,19:01:59,amandademopoulos,i don't take up much space 09/19/2014,19:02:04,Scott France,lol 09/19/2014,19:04:00,amandademopoulos,XEN 09/19/2014,19:05:14,peterauster,LF hake 09/19/2014,19:05:16,michaelvecchione,OCT? down 09/19/2014,19:05:26,briankinlan,FSH longfin hake 09/19/2014,19:05:37,michaelvecchione,go down to ceph? 09/19/2014,19:06:00,elizabethshea,bobtail? 09/19/2014,19:06:08,michaelvecchione,bobtail squid 09/19/2014,19:06:22,michaelvecchione,Rossia sp. 09/19/2014,19:06:23,briankinlan,SQD bobtail 09/19/2014,19:07:25,michaelvecchione,has fins but they are tightly folded under body 09/19/2014,19:08:11,amandademopoulos,what was that transluscent object that was below the squid? 09/19/2014,19:08:33,Scott France,Didn'y notice - sorry 09/19/2014,19:08:40,michaelvecchione,XEN 09/19/2014,19:08:59,amandademopoulos,no worries, scott 09/19/2014,19:09:24,michaelvecchione,OCT probably out hunting 09/19/2014,19:10:07,michaelvecchione,either that or he's looking for girls 09/19/2014,19:10:28,peterauster,rolling down slope could explain the broken xeno tests??? 09/19/2014,19:12:12,robertcarney,> SED white stain or film on sed 09/19/2014,19:12:12,jasonchaytor,BUR multiple 09/19/2014,19:12:47,robertcarney,>Sed white stain cascades? 09/19/2014,19:13:27,robertcarney,burrowing shrimp deep excavation ejecta? 09/19/2014,19:13:32,susanschnur,biofilm or carbonate stain similar to what we see on land? 09/19/2014,19:13:51,jasonchaytor,Hole, top of white staining 09/19/2014,19:14:09,robertcarney,on flat bottom this would be a white mound 09/19/2014,19:14:39,jasonchaytor,Staining color seems similar to that of the unbioturbated sediment 09/19/2014,19:14:51,michaelvecchione,pteropod shells -- Creseis 09/19/2014,19:14:51,jasonchaytor,Pteropod shells 09/19/2014,19:15:24,Tara Harmer Luke, FSH flatfish 09/19/2014,19:15:59,jasonchaytor,Constant reworking of the sediment 09/19/2014,19:17:48,robertcarney,>SED white cascade 09/19/2014,19:18:38,robertcarney,>Crb lithodid 09/19/2014,19:18:45,michaelvecchione,Neolithodes grimaldii 09/19/2014,19:18:51,briankinlan,CRARED 09/19/2014,19:18:57,briankinlan,CRAKC 09/19/2014,19:19:28,kaseycantwell,can you guys pu tth elasers on please? 09/19/2014,19:19:38,kaseycantwell,*put the lasers 09/19/2014,19:19:47,kaseycantwell,perfect sorry we missed it 09/19/2014,19:19:51,kaseycantwell,thank you ! 09/19/2014,19:20:15,kaseycantwell,:-) 09/19/2014,19:20:53,kaseycantwell,depth 1003 m 09/19/2014,19:20:56,michaelvecchione,Great dive. 09/19/2014,19:21:27,amandademopoulos,nice job scott and susan, nice work shore side too1 09/19/2014,19:21:45,marthanizinski,Thanks! 09/19/2014,19:23:08,amandademopoulos,CTE 09/19/2014,19:23:11,briankinlan,current D2 position 09/19/2014,19:23:43,susanschnur,37d53.3461N, 073d54.8728W for D2 09/19/2014,19:24:03,amandademopoulos,is it possible to zoom out on hypak, just a bit? 09/19/2014,19:24:59,amandademopoulos,thanks 09/19/2014,19:25:05,michaelvecchione,ink 09/19/2014,19:27:51,Tara Harmer Luke,asr brittle star 09/19/2014,19:28:05,michaelvecchione,what is the white thing? 09/19/2014,19:28:05,kaseycantwell,OPH 09/19/2014,19:28:17,Scott France,Brian: west along contour or SW across contour? 09/19/2014,19:28:20,michaelvecchione,CRAR 09/19/2014,19:28:30,briankinlan,CRARED 09/19/2014,19:28:49,briankinlan,Scott: West 09/19/2014,19:30:25,michaelvecchione,FSH dragonfish 09/19/2014,19:31:47,amandademopoulos,that earlier exposed rock ROC was very different from what we have seen thus far, not sure if carbonate? 09/19/2014,19:31:48,Tara Harmer Luke,squid 09/19/2014,19:31:56,michaelvecchione,Illex 09/19/2014,19:32:11,Tara Harmer Luke,several of them 09/19/2014,19:32:17,michaelvecchione,common name northern shortfin squid 09/19/2014,19:32:17,amandademopoulos,ROC seemed different at least, but I'm just an ecologist 09/19/2014,19:32:37,Tara Harmer Luke,FSH 2 flatfish and a skate 09/19/2014,19:32:47,jasonchaytor,An ecologist who looks at rocks 09/19/2014,19:32:54,amandademopoulos,that's me 09/19/2014,19:33:15,amandademopoulos,seems like lots of skates and cephalopods today 09/19/2014,19:33:48,michaelvecchione,as it should be 09/19/2014,19:34:28,amandademopoulos,of course, Mike 09/19/2014,19:35:01,michaelvecchione,bobtail squid 09/19/2014,19:35:29,briankinlan,NUD nudibranch 09/19/2014,19:35:37,briankinlan,in front of SQD bobtail 09/19/2014,19:35:55,michaelvecchione,see the fins on bobtail? 09/19/2014,19:36:06,amandademopoulos,i guess the nudibranch was jealous of all the squid attention 09/19/2014,19:37:51,michaelvecchione,I just wanted to point out the fins wrapped around the bobtail on the sides 09/19/2014,19:38:01,Scott France,Got it. Thanks Mike 09/19/2014,19:39:06,briankinlan,COR desmophyllum cup 09/19/2014,19:39:08,michaelvecchione,OCT 09/19/2014,19:39:12,briankinlan,BIV limid 09/19/2014,19:39:59,briankinlan,URC Echinus 09/19/2014,19:41:05,marthanizinski,Great! Thanks! 09/19/2014,19:43:26,briankinlan,CORO Acanthogorgia 09/19/2014,19:44:06,briankinlan,SHI mysids associated with CORO 09/19/2014,19:44:44,jasonchaytor,If we could zoom out and see the "protrusions" that these corals are on...they are odd 09/19/2014,19:46:33,jasonchaytor,Concretions within the rock formation?? 09/19/2014,19:47:19,jasonchaytor,Harder...less erodable 09/19/2014,19:48:07,jasonchaytor,They have FeMn oxide coating, which the other exposures haven't had...so they may have been exposed for quite a while 09/19/2014,19:48:10,susanschnur,Wish we could pick up a sample or at least try to break it and see the hardness. 09/19/2014,19:50:18,jasonchaytor,Fracture surface 09/19/2014,19:51:26,jasonchaytor,These rocks are "kind-of" soft, so not a super long time (technical geochronology terms) 09/19/2014,19:53:10,susanschnur,37d53.3570N, 073d54.8874W for D2 09/19/2014,19:53:38,Tara Harmer Luke,ctenophore 09/19/2014,19:55:09,susanschnur,Any thoughts on this white material? 09/19/2014,19:55:45,susanschnur,sponge 09/19/2014,19:56:09,kaseycantwell,final depth? 09/19/2014,19:56:21,kaseycantwell,thanks!! 09/19/2014,19:56:43,kaseycantwell,leaving bottom at 1123 m 09/19/2014,19:56:47,Tara Harmer Luke,Thanks for having us! 09/19/2014,20:00:03,briankennedy,we will have the post dive call at 1615 EDT