This page contains photos and videos taken during the Mountains in the Sea expedition that took place July 11 – July 19, 2003. Click on any image to view a larger version and for additional information. 
If a picture of a movie camera camera icon is present, a QuickTime video can be viewed by clicking on the image. Other video formats are available on the linked pages.
(HR) = "High Resolution" images available.
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New discovery's on the New England Seamount chain.
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July 17
Coral polyp patterns.
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July 16
Exploring the mysteries of the seamounts.
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July 14
Corals on Manning Seamount.
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Images
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2003 Mountains in the Sea science team
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Slickhead at Bear Seamount
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A swimming grenadier (or rattail)
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A chimaera at Bear Seamount
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A coral and sponge garden
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Crinoids, a sea star, and an anemone.
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Closed Paragorgia polyps.
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Multibeam sonar map of the seamounts.
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Flat-topped Bear Seamount.
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A Paragorgia colony.
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Octocoral polyps and a red brittle star, Asteronyx.
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July 18
Nezumia foraging along the edge of a basalt outcrop.
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July 18
A Paragorgia coral with a yellow colonial anemone.
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July 18
A deep sea shrimp out in open water.
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July 18
Deploying basalt blocks for a coral recruitment experiment.
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July 18
A deep sea Roundnose Grenadier.
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July 18
The deep water fish, Lamonema.
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July 18
An eel type fish, Synapho-branchus.
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July 18
Dousing a neophyte diver.
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July 18
Alvin Expedition leader, Dudley Foster.
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July 17
Purple octocoral.
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July 17
Large skate egg case.
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July 17
Dr. Scott France smells a sponge.
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July 17
Open coral polyp.
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July 17
Open coral polyps.
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July 17
A single coral polyp.
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July 17
Coral polyp septa.
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July 17
Microscopic coral eggs.
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July 16
Deep sea paragorgia coral.
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July 16
Iridogorgia coral specimen.
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July 16
Corallium sp. specimen. (HR)
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July 16
Dr. Jon Moore photographs Paragorgia coral.
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July 16
Mercer Brugler prepares a sample of coral for preservation.
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July 16
Relaxing coral polyps.
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July 16
Laura Rear, Knauss Sea Grant Marine Policy Fellow.
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July 15
Paragorgia sp. and pin-shaped clear sclerites Lepidisis sp photographed through a microscope.
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July 15
Paragorgia coral with an unknown zoanthid colony.
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July 15
The biobox on the front of Alvin.
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July 15
Anne Simpson works with the coral polyp samples she collected.
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July 15
Miscellaneous invertebrates from Bear seamount.
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July 15
Deep sea corals collected from Oceanographer Canyon.
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July 15
Trawl sample from Bear Seamount.
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July 15
A deep-sea anglerfish from Bear Seamount.
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July 15
A large sponge in the basket of the submersible Alvin, collected during the Dive & Discover cruise.
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July 15
A large brisingid sea star collected from Manning Seamount.
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July 15
Sorting animals from the trawl catch at Bear Seamount in 2002.
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July 15
A bathymetry map of the Kelvin seamount showing the Western ridge.
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July 14
Microscopic view of a polyp.
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July 14
Bathypathes sp, a type of black coral undewater.
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July 14
Various black corals in a bucket. (HR)
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July 14
Mercer Brugler holds up a black coral specimen.
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July 14
Captain George Silva, of the R/V Atlantis.
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July 14
Recovering the Alvin sub after a dive on Manning Seamount. (HR)
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July 14
Alvin being pulled out of the water during a dive recovery.
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July 13
Launching Alvin from Atlantis.
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July 13
Scott France holds up a deep sea coral. (HR)
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July 13
A close-up of Iridogorgia coral polyps.
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July 13
Iridogorgia, a spiral shaped coral.
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July 13
Melissa Ryan holds up compressed styrofoam cups
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July 13
Nick Forfinski, hydrographer.
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July 13
Partial bathymetric image of Kelvin Seamount
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July 13
Mountains in the Sea sketch drawn by eight-year old Jenna Watling.
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July 12
Dave Simms, Ivar Babb, and Nick Forfiski discuss bathymetry acquisition.
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July 12
Partial bathymetry for Kelvin seamount.
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July 12
Peter Auster with beard.
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July 12
Peter Auster without beard.
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July 12
Alvin, up close, in its hanger on board Atlantis.
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July 12
Researchers discuss upcoming dives with Alvin.
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July 12
Adjusting a devise on Alvin’s manipulator arms.
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July 11
WHOI R/V Atlantis refueling in Woods Hole between cruises.
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July 11
Anne Simpson trying on a mask.
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July 11
The DSV Alvin crew readies the sub for a dive.
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July 11
A deep-sea dredge.
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