Photo & Video Log

Summary
New marine species, may have been discovered in the world's most biologically diverse region, the Celebes Sea.

Summary
A slide show of what life aboard the Presbitero research vessel was like while searching for new species in the deep waters of the Celebes Sea.

Oct 12
Exploring the Inner Space of the Celebes Sea 2007: Close-Up! (Adobe Flash)

Oct 12
Celebes Sea midwater sample collection at 2,800 meters (9,186 feet). (Quicktime, 1 Mb.)

Oct 12
Scientists carefully capture a delicate Red Atolla Jellyfish. (Quicktime, 912 Kb.)

Oct 10
Scientists observe assorted sea cucumbers at 2,800 meters in depth. (Quicktime, 2.1 Mb.)

Oct 13
A 1-cm long larval squid. (HR)

Oct 13
Hydromeles globulosa, a gymnosome pteropod (a type of pelagic mollusc)

Oct 13
Val Borja (white shirt) and Nick Loomis, MIT graduate student, get ready to lift the bongo nets. (HR)

Oct 13
Joseph Rayos, watched by Mike Cole, examines a collection jar brought back by the bluewater divers. (HR)

Oct 12
Bill Hamner wipes water drops off the front of his traveling planktonkreisel.

Oct 12
This lovely red medusa, Atolla gigantea, was collected in midwater by the ROV and photographed in the bigger kreisel. (HR)

Oct 10
Nick Caloyianis photographs collected animals in the ROV's canisters underwater before it is lifted aboard. (HR)

Oct 10
The ROV rescue party watches from the rubber boat as Nick Caloyianis hooks the disabled ROV onto the winch wire so that it can be hoisted onto the deck. (HR)

Oct 8
Talina, Caron, and Peggy in borrowed finery amuse our shipmates and our guests from Tawi-Tawi after the exhibition of traditional Muslim dances. (HR)

Oct 7
A RopeCam (from an earlier mission) is ready to be launched over the side of the ship.

Oct 6
The RopeCam dangles above the sea on its way to the bottom.

Oct 6
Digital Holography Imaging apparatus in the ship's lab.

Oct 6
Image of the copepod Cosmocalanus dawinii, reconstructed with the Digital Holography Imaging system.

Oct 5
Dr. Cabell Davis readies his Video Plankton Recorder (VPR) for its first cast in the Celebes Sea. (HR)

Oct 5
Paired bongo nets are lowered on a wire to a depth of 500 meters. (HR)

Oct 5
A jellyfish in the genus Aequorea swims in the planktonkreisel. (HR)

Oct 5
The Global Explorer ROV, with headlights on and samplers at the ready, begins its descent.

Oct 4
This bamboo raft is the float for a 'bayao,' which translates as 'resting place.'

Oct 2
NAMRIA Director Rodolfo Agaton speaks at the send off ceremony.

Oct 2
The Global Explorer ROV is hoisted back onto the deck after its successful test dive. (HR)

Sept 30
Joe Caba and Toshi Mikagawa connect the Global Explorer ROV to its yellow tether. (HR)

Sept 30
The frame of the MOC 10 trawl is bolted together on the dock next to the ship. (HR)

Sept 30
This is one vendor at the fish market that was selling 'Imelda' an important local food fish. (HR)

Sept 27
The RV BRP Hydrographer Presbitero at dock in the Port of Manila preparing for departure. (HR)

Sept 27
Chief Scientist Larry Madin explains to high school students why it is important to study the deep sea basin in the Celebes Sea. (HR)

Sept 27
The six-ton winch hangs suspended just above the stern deck. (HR)

Sept 27
The barge-mounted crane lowers the 6-ton winch for the ROV down to the stern deck of the BRP Hydrographer Presbitero. (HR)