Photo & Video Log

This page contains photos and videos taken during the exploration of the Alaska's Seamounts between June 22 and July 15, 2002. Click on any image to view a larger version and for additional information. If a movie camera icon camera icon is present, a QuickTime video can be viewed by clicking on the image. Other video formats are available on the linked pages. If a Podcast icon Podcast Icon is present, a video or audio file is available for download or you can subscribe to the RSS Podcast Feed. NOAA Podcast RSS 2.0 Feed

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camera icon Video & Slideshows

Isidid from Warwick Seamount Isidid from Warwick Seamount Alvin collecting volcanic rock Chains of volcanic mountains
podcast icon camera icon Summary
Highlights of Gulf of Alaska Seamount Exploration
camera icon July 14
Crinoid swimming.
camera icon July 11
Alvin collecting volcanic rock.
camera icon July 8
Chains of volcanic mountains.
Patton Seamount Cold water coral Squid swim collecting a crab sample
camera icon July 8
Patton Seamount.
camera icon July 7
Cold water coral.
camera icon July 2
Squid swim.
camera icon June 27
collecting a crab sample.

Images

ALVIN launch Crab pot White sea star and flat fish Juvenile crab
Summary
ALVIN launch
Summary
Crab pot
Summary
White sea star and flat fish
Summary
Juvenile crab
Scarlet king crabs Patton Seamount chain Pincher collection Sponge and anemone
Summary
Scarlet king crabs
Summary
Patton Seamount chain
Summary
Pincher collection
Summary
Sponge and anemone
Larval fish ALVIN passenger    
Summary
Larval fish
Summary
ALVIN passenger
   
Large pink sea fan Horn-shaped vase sponges A bizarre elephant sponge  
July 15
Large pink sea fan
July 15
Horn-shaped vase sponges
July 15
A bizarre elephant sponge
 
Isidid from 1300 meters at Murray Seamount Isidid from 700 meters at Warwick Seamount Isidid from Warwick Seamount  
July 14
Isidid from 1300 meters at Murray Seamount.
July 14
Isidid from 700 meters at Warwick Seamount.
July 14
Isidid from Warwick Seamount.
 
AB Seaman Jerry Graham
 Chief Mate Mitzie Crane and Ed "Catfish” Popowitz on the bridge Sue Doenges
 Sue Doenges
Sue Doenges and Amy Baco-Taylor
July 13
AB Seaman Jerry Graham
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July 13
Chief Mate Mitzie Crane and Ed "Catfish” Popowitz.
July 13
Sue Doenges.
July 13
Sue Doenges and Amy Baco-Taylor.
Crewmembers  pause following a recovery of the Alvin      
July 13
Crewmembers pause following a recovery of the Alvin .
     
Skeleton shrimp Naomi Ward emptying seawater Naomi Ward collecting mucus Bruce Strickrott  detaching Niskin bottles
July 12
Skeleton shrimp.
July 12
Naomi Ward emptying seawater.
July 12
Naomi Ward collecting mucus.
July 12
Bruce Strickrott detaching Niskin bottles.
Basalt "columns" Fractured pillow basalts Lava tubes Coloring Styrofoam cups
July 11
Basalt "columns".
July 11
Fractured pillow basalts.
July 11
Lava tubes.
July 11
Coloring Styrofoam cups.
Before and after compression      
July 11
Before and after compression.
     
Sarah Flood Page and Naomi Ward A flytrap anemone A flytrap anemone 14 foot gravity core
July 10
Sarah Flood Page and Naomi Ward.
July 10
Putting the gravity corer over the side.
July 10
Aftermath of a mud fight.
July 10
14 foot gravity core.
Gooseneck barnacles Spider crab missing limbs Adult male spider crab eating a female spider crab Gastric mill and teeth
July 9
Gooseneck barnacles.
July 9
Spider crab missing limbs.
July 9
Adult male spider crab eating a female spider crab.
July 9
Gastric mill and teeth.
Seabeam bathymetry      
July 8
Seabeam bathymetry.
     
Coral polyps on a bamboo coral. Paragorgia with basket starfish & polychaetes Paragorgia coral Sea whip
July 7
Coral polyps on a bamboo coral.
July 7
Paragorgia with basket starfish & polychaetes.
July 7
Paragorgia coral.
July 7
Sea whip.
Paragorgia with squat lobsters      
July 7
Paragorgia with squat lobsters.
     
Tug boat coming to meet the R/V Atlantis School children view collection    
July 5
Tug boat coming to meet the R/V Atlantis.
July 5
School children view collection.
   
Bamboo coral Lava flow    
July 1
Bamboo coral.
July 1
Lava flow.
   
Crab ganglia Couesi eggs Macroreg eggs  
June 27
Crab ganglia.
June 27
Couesi eggs.
June 27
Macroreg eggs.
 
Alvin being moved out of the hanger Alvin first launch Entering Alvin National Geographic Channel interview
June 26
Alvin being moved out of the hanger.
June 26
Alvin first launch.
June 26
Entering Alvin.
June 26
National Geographic Channel interview.
R/V Atlantis docked Emergency breathing apparatus training Rick Bean instructs all newcomers Wind and waves
June 25
R/V Atlantis docked.
June 25
Emergency breathing apparatus training.
June 25
Rick Bean instructs all newcomers.
June 25
Wind and waves.
Zach Hoyt fixing cracks in the crab tank    
June 25
Zach Hoyt fixing cracks in the crab tank.
   

 

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