Photo & Video Log
This page contains photos and videos taken during the 2004 Gulf of Alaska Seamount Expedition that took place July 30 - August 23, 2004. Click on any image to view a larger version and for additional information. If a movie camera icon 
is present, a video can be viewed by clicking on the image.
If a slideshow icon 
is present, a visual log of exploration images can be viewed. You can scroll through them one by one, or select the play button for an automatic slideshow.
(HR) = "High Resolution" images available.
Video & Slideshows
Aug 29
A deep sea coral bioluminescing as it is agitated by the manipulator arm of the JSL II (mp4, 1.7 MB)
Aug 27
snowy groupers, Epinephelus niveatus, supervise submersible collections. (mp4, 1.5 MB)
Aug 24
lunar-like scenery and a snowy grouper swimming under a ledge. (mp4, 1.5 MB)
Aug 21
Footage captured by the Johnson-Sea-Link II. (mp4, 1.4 MB)
Aug 20
The Johnson-Sea-Link II deploying traps. (mp4, 1.3 MB)
Aug 19
The Johnson-Sea-Link II sampling benthic invertebrates. (mp4, 1.3 MB)
Aug 15
a beautiful hogfish swims by the Johnson-Sea-Link. (mp4, 1 MB)
Aug 15
a closeup encounter with a large moray eel. (mp4, 1 MB)
Aug 13
The beautiful and complex habitat of the Lophelia coral banks. (mp4, 1.4 MB)
Aug 12
A slideshow of organisms the Johnson Sea-Link encountered during a dive. (mp4, 1.5 MB)
Aug 11
video of an Otter trawl deployment. (mp4, 1.2 MB)
Aug 8
Fish swimming around spatially complex areas such as boulders and caves. (mp4, 1.4 MB)
Aug 8
During a dive the submersible crew encounters groupings of Almaco jacks. (mp4, 1.1 MB)
Aug 8
The Johnson Sea-Link being deployed for a dive. (mp4, 1.7 MB)
Aug 3
Two different sampling techniques used by the submersible. (mp4, 2.7 MB)
Aug 2
Video sighting of a Lionfish, an invasive species. (mp4, 3 MB)
July 30
Video of a scamp grouper rapidly changing color. (mp4, 1.8 MB)
July 29
Video of a "live rock specimen" being collected. (mp4, 2.8 MB)
July 28
Video of a sponge being collected. (mp4, 3.3 MB)
July 27
The R/V Seward Johnson being prepared for the expedition. (mp4, 2.7 MB)
July 30
Video of a scamp grouper rapidly changing color. (mp4, 1.8 MB)
July 29
Video of a "live rock specimen" being collected. (mp4, 2.8 M)
Images
Aug 30
Sea anemone
Aug 30
The Johnson-Sea-Link II waits for recovery
Aug 30
The explorers of Leg 3
Aug 30
A hexactinellid sponge that anchors itself in the sediment with elongate spicules
Aug 30
Lush bottom cover suggests a shallow water coral reef, except it exists in over 2,000 feet of water
Aug 30
Dr. Eric Warrant leaves the Johnson-Sea-Link II submersible after a dive to the bottom of the ocean
Aug 29
Wesley Knight Chief Engineer of the R/V Seward Johnson
Aug 29
A large grouping of deep ocean sea anemones
Aug 29
A species of black coral
Aug 29
A deep sea octopus
Aug 28
Bobby Bixler, Chief Seward of the R/V Seward Johnson
Aug 28
Dr. Peter Herring
Aug 28
A small shark swims nearby as scientists examine a sponge
Aug 28
Golden crab
Aug 28
A squid found by the observers aboard the JSL
Aug 27
White cup sponges.
Aug 27
Dr. Robin Willoughby
Aug 27
A very large hexactinellid sponge
Aug 27
The Venus flower basket sponge.
Aug 27
A sea star
Aug 26
Microscopic spicules from Gorgonacea sp. of sponge.
Aug 26
Microscopic spicules from a pachastrellid sponge.
Aug 26
Examining newly-collected samples.
Aug 26
Examining sponge spicules with a microscope.
Aug 26
Newly-discovered species of sponge that looks like a Christmas tree
Aug 25
A hard sponge
Aug 25
An Unidentified skate or ray
Aug 25
A red sea star (Virsingia sp.)
Aug 24
Unidentified sponge.
Aug 24
An Orange Roghy (Hoplostethus atlanticus) under a ledge
Aug 24
Coelopleurus floridanus, a beautiful red sea urchin
Aug 23
Tara Peterson Pitts collects samples for her biomedical research
Aug 23
Bioluminescence emitted from the ventral surface, or underside, of a deep sea fish
Aug 23
Dr. Edie Widder double-checks her Eye-in-the-Sea camera before it is deployed
Aug 23
Bioluminescence emitted by a comb jelly
Aug 22
A bamboo coral skeleton (Ceratoisis flexibilis) with living tissue removed.
Aug 22
A bamboo coral (Ceratoisis flexibilis) with living polyps
Aug 22
Lophelia sp. deepwater coral
Aug 22
Deepwater lacy bryozoan
Aug 22
Phakellia sp. Deepwater fan sponge
Aug 21
Scorpaenid fish
Aug 21
Teacher Arte Roman
Aug 21
Leiodermatium sp., a deepwater sponge
Aug 21
Bamboo coral; note black banding
Aug 20
Coral, pencil urchin, and sea star
Aug 20
LaVern Taylor, Senior Marine Technician, R/V Seward Johnson
Aug 20
Glass sponge with zooanthids attached
Aug 20
Unidentified crab in front of sponge
Aug 19
Scientists gather to look at the many samples collected
Aug 19
An unidentified jellyfish
Aug 19
The Johnson-Sea-Link II is launched
Aug 18
Submersible pilots show students the equipment on the front of the Johnson-Sea-Link submersible
Aug 15
A tiny spiny puffer fish caught in one of the neuston net tows
Aug 15
A cone shell collected during an invertebrate “sweep” of the ocean floor using the JSL II’s suction sampler
Aug 15
A tiny and very dangerous Portugese Man-O-War jellyfish
Aug 15
Porpida porpida has a small disc like body and floats freely in the water column
Aug 14
An unusual species of crab observed for the first time at the Lophelia coral banks
Aug 14
A deep sea anemone and galatheid crabs seen on the Lophelia coral bankstaped
Aug 14
Deep sea glass sponges retrieved at 1400 feet
Aug 14
A healthy branch of Lophelia coral sampled from the deep ocean reefs
Aug 14
A beautiful pale orange coral collected at the Lophelia coral banks
Aug 13
Computer monitor display showing the ship's position and track in real time
Aug 13
Jim Sullivan, tracks the Johnson-Sea-Link II submersible during a dive
Aug 13
Detailed chart of the “Steeples” research site
Aug 13
Cruise planning chart of research areas
Aug 12
Members of the science party gather review video footage taken during the JSL II's dive's
Aug 12
Acoral hake swimming among the Lophelia coral
Aug 12
Galatheids, also known as squat lobsters live among the dendritic branches of the Lophelia corals
Aug 12
Film-maker Art Howard taking footage.
Aug 11
A computer display showing the readouts of the Seward Johnson's internal water sensors.
Aug 11
internal sensors aboard the Seward Johnson are part of the underway sampling system.
Aug 11
A deep-sea fish called a green eye
Aug 11
A pencil urchin brought up from one of the trawls
Aug 11
This Otter trawl is one of the devices being used to sample the ocean floor
Aug 10
This Houndfish was also caught during “night-lighting”
Aug 10
A juvenile needlefish caught during “night-lighting”
Aug 10
An Arrow squid measuring almost two feet long
Aug 10
Using “night-lighting” attract fish and invertebrates in the area
Aug 10
Sorting through sargassum collected during a neuston net tow
Aug 9
A closeup of a small mass of sargassum weed.
Aug 9
Sargassum samples being sifted through
Aug 9
A juvenile scrawled filefish found within the mass of sargassum
Aug 9
Lines of sargassum can stretch for miles along the surface
Aug 7
This juvenile trigger fishwas captured near the surface in a neuston net
Aug 7
This plankton net can capture the smallest of marine organisms including marine algae, larval fish and invertebrates
Aug 7
The yellow floats on top of the neuston net frame insure that it will not sink any lower that 1 meter below the surface.
Aug 7
A neuston net is being deployed off the starboard side of the R/V Seward Johnson
Aug 7
This octopus was captured in an "Otter” trawl
Aug 6
These crabs are members of the galatheid family, commonly known as squat lobsters
Aug 6
A member of the calappidae family of crabs
Aug 6
One of the JSL II dive team enters the aft observation compartment of the submersible
Aug 6
This bottom dwelling fish usually moves across the ocean floor crawling on a pair of modified pectoral fins
Aug 5
Graph indicating declines in abundance for most species of reef fish
Aug 5
Diagram showing large vs. small reef fish
Aug 5
Diagram showing increased demand for red snapper resulted in increased catches into the 1970s
Aug 4
Closeup of a Young Grab
Aug 4
Animals found living in sandy sediments near rocky reefs
Aug 4
Preparing the Young Grab for deployment
Aug 3
A typical deep reef habitat showing the direction of video surveys and the location of benthic samples collected
Aug 3
Benthic samples being looked at under the microscope
Aug 3
Typical benthic invertebrates include marine worms, tiny crustaceans, clams, and snails
Aug 3
An attachment on the Johnson Sea Link is used to “vacuum” an area of the seafloor
Aug 2
A lionfish, is sighted several times during dive operations
Aug 1
Coney grouper exhibiting different color variations.
Aug 1
Different markings in species of butterfly fish
Aug 1
Major characteristics used to identify fish
Aug 1
Identifying fish from a submersible
July 31
Deployment of the sonar fish off the stern of the R/V Seward Johnson
July 31
Raw side scan sonar record of the St. Augustine Scarp
July 31
Side scan sonar acquisition computer
July 31
A side scan sonar tow vehicle, also called a ‘fish’
July 30
An adult blackbelly rosefish
July 30
Larvae of the snapper species Lutjanidae
July 30
Schools of vermilion snapper
July 30
The Seward Johnson crew launches the JSL II
July 29
Tiny tubes built as housing by serpulid tube-worms
July 29
A turkey wing mussel (Genus Arca)
July 29
Each rock is photographed with a scale before the invertebrates are removed from it
July 29
A large “live rock” collected by the Johnson-Sea-Link II
July 28
A particularly colorful sponge collected at 198 ft
July 28
A commensal amphipod emerges from a stinking vase sponge
July 28
The fire sponge, Tedaria ignis
July 28
Stacie Crowe holds the stinking sponge Ircinia campana
July 27
Lisa Hollen, gets the 'privilege' of trying on the immersion suit
July 27
Capt. Ralph Van Hoeke discusses safety at sea with the science party
July 27
The R/V Seward Johnson at sunrise on the first morning of IIS 2002
