Photo & Video Log
This page contains photos and videos taken during the
Davidson Seamount 2006: Exploring Ancient Coral Gardens expedition
that took place January 26 - February 4, 2006. Click on any image to view
a larger version and for additional information. If a movie camera icon
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present, a QuickTime video can be viewed by clicking on the image. Other
video formats are available on the linked pages.
If a slideshow icon 
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Video & Slideshows
Mission Plan
View a visual collection of images from the Davidson Seamount: Exploring Ancient Coral Gardens Expedition.
Images
Mission Summary
The Davidson 2006 explorers return to Moss Landing harbor.
Mission Summary
Staff and scientists look on in the control room during a midwater filming session for the BBC.
Mission Summary
Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas) swarm around Tiburon, possibly attracted to its lights.
February 4
The red lobate comb jelly (Lampocteis sp.)
February 4
The stalked tunicate (Culeolus sp.)
February 4
A midwater octopus (probably Japetella sp.)
February 4
A swimming crinoid, also called a feather star.
February 4
Bubblegum coral (Paragorgia arborea)
February 3
Erica Burton consults the collections protocol guide.
February 3
Andrew DeVogelaere holds a black coral specimen.
February 3
Pandalid shrimps cover a yellow Picasso sponge.
February 3
This bright red Lithodid crab is in the same family as king crabs. (HR)
February 2
The control room stations from L to R: Co-pilot, Pilot, Science, Annotation, and Navigation. (HR)
February 2
ROV pilot Bryan Schaefer used a heat gun during repairs to an electrical cable in the hydraulic system.
February 2
A crane releases the Tiburon through the moonpool doors in the launch bay floor. (HR)
February 2
Huff McGonigal takes his turn in the science chair. The large plasma screen in front of him displays the HD video from the ROV.
February 1
A video transect view across one of the valleys on the northeast end of Davidson Seamount.
February 1
Bubblegum corals, yellow Picasso sponges, white ruffle sponges, basket stars, and other animals cover the highest peaks of the seamount.
February 1
The suspended current meter is seen hanging below its float pack out in the distance beyond the manipulator arm of the ROV.
February 1
The ROV gently sets down one of the ADCP current meters used to measure the flow rate of the water on one of Davidson's peaks.
February 1
Tiburon's manipulator arm holds the silver current meter while we take a reading in one of the many valleys on the Seamount.
February 1
Niskin bottles number 7 and 8 are ready in the open position before the ROV is launched for the day. (HR)
January 31
Chad King in the dry lab after a busy day's dive.
January 31
Here's a screen shot of one of the data entry pages for this cruise.
January 31
Map of two peaks on the NE end of Davidson Seamount that we explored on Day 5.
January 30
An unidentified cnidarian that resembles a Venus flytrap from the family Hormathiidae.
January 30
This curious octopus (Benthoctopus sp.) was found at 2422 meters depth next to an orange stalked crinoid on the Davidson Seamount.
January 30
A red flat Spanish dancer sea cucumber (Benthodytes sp.) is hovering at 2789 meters depth on the Davidson Seamount.
January 29
Bamboo coral like this can live to be more than 200 years old.
January 29
Bamboo coral is added to the bio box on the sled of the ROV.
January 29
Pink Corallium corals along the flank of the hill we named Corallium Cap just to the east of Big Valley.
January 29
We were able to pick up this colony of pink coral still attached to a rock without breaking any branches.
January 28
The mechanical arm of the ROV holds the ADCP current meter in front of a bubblegum coral.
January 28
Penny and Warwick from the BBC confer with MBARI scientist Jim Barry and ROV pilots Buck Reynolds and Buzz Scott about lighting modifications.
January 28
Warwick adjusts the light through the round kreisel tank in preparation for filming mid water animals.
January 28
Warwick filming the Atolla jelly in the kreisel tank after a long day of ROV dives.
January 27
Launch of the ROV Tiburon though the moonpool, a special opening in the middle of Western Flyer. (HR)
January 27
Lonny Lundsten at the VARS console aboard the Western Flyer.
January 27
White branching sponge that looks like a coral.
January 26
Pacific white-sided dolphin. (HR)
January 26
Deployment of the current meter (Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler) off the aft deck of the Research Vessel Western Flyer.
