The U.S. NSF Ocean Observatories Initiative's cabled observatory in the NE Pacific. Design, construction, early operations led by University of Washington
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In case you missed it yesterday, watch RCA's Chief Scientist Mike Vardaro and student Andrew Paley be interviewed aboard the @rvthomasgthompson about exploring Axial Seamount: youtube.com/watch?v=K--RlkjM….
@NSF, #nsffunded, @VISIONSops, @UWOcean, @Echinocrepis
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An octopus having a spa day at Axial Seamount. Not sure if it's enjoying the warmth, feeding on snails, or getting broiled by accident! Seems fairly relaxed, but it'll be interesting to see if it's still there during the next OOI livestream in 1.5 hours: interactiveoceans.washington…
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A blue shark came along for the first part of tonight's dive at Southern Hydrate Ridge (currently deploying some OOI uncabled pore fluid samplers). It was either curious about the vehicle or following the fish attracted to the ROV lights...
#NSFfunded @NSF @UWOcean @oceanobserv
ALT blue shark at Southern Hydrate Ridge
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UW APL engineers James Tilley and Eric McRae gaze out to sea as the R/V Atlantis heads into the Pacific on the OOI Regional Cabled Array expedition. @NSF #NSFFunded
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Summer Campers watching the live @VISIONSops feed while making their own ROVs #VISIONS14 #OceanInstitute #ROV
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Back on course for Axial Base after short pause to redistribute back deck load. Luckily it’s gorgeous out! #VISIONS14
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Congrats and cheers to John Delaney on being awarded the 2012 AGU Athelstan Spilhaus Award!!! bit.ly/NGaksK
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US research ship "Nautilus" makes unexpected detour, helps recover 2 Turkish pilots killed by Syrian anti aircraft fire cnn.com/2012/07/05/world/eur…
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Excited to watch LIVE deep sea video from Endeavour with the @neptunecanada Wiring the Abyss cruise today! bit.ly/JQrDAj #abyss12
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Aaand cast off! The semi-annual maintenance cruise for @NEPTUNECanada leaves Bamfield 5pm. Cruise news: neptunecanada.ca/cruise12
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This is why we do what we do! bit.ly/Ht16M8 Students using new technologies (and live video/data from sea!) to support learning.
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check out our new video on how the public and onshore scientists can participate on our research expeditions bit.ly/wgR8oC
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Volcano Art! Come see a sound installation about Axial Seamount Dec 8-10! bit.ly/t8lbHg
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RT @ooi Ocean Observatories Initiative To Participate in AGU Fall Meeting bit.ly/uJhAY4
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NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer Observes First Live Vent Tubeworms Seen in Atlantic: bit.ly/pQMR49
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@VISIONS11ops Great site! We shared the link with our fans of live, underwater video.
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Come visit the Aquarium and watch live video from UW's @VISIONS11ops expedition to explore recent eruption changes in Axial Caldera.