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Photo & Video Log

This page contains photos and videos taken during the Bioluminescence 2009 Exploration from July 20-30, 2009 . Click on any image to view a larger version and for additional information. If a movie camera icon camera icon is present, a video can be viewed by clicking on the image. Multiple 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

If a slideshow icon 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.

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See a gooseneck barnacle, nestled within a Gerardia, peer at the submersible as it visits his home at 2,000 feet.

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See a gooseneck barnacle, nestled within a Gerardia, peer at the submersible as it
visits his home at 2,000 feet.

View this video to see the squat lobster, Gastroptychus spinifer, seemingly at home perched on a sea pen and feeding.

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View this video to see the squat lobster, Gastroptychus spinifer, seemingly at home perched on a sea whip and feeding.

Watch an EITS video clip of a school of playful Cuban Dogfish Shark as they swim around the EITS shortly after its deployment.

camera icon July 26 Mystery
Watch an EITS video clip of a school of playful Cuban Dogfish Shark as they swim around the EITS shortly after its deployment.

View footage captured by the Eye-in-the-Sea (EITS) revealing how it was knocked over and dragged and explaining the hook and lure found nearby.

camera icon July 26 Mystery Solved
View footage captured by the Eye-in-the-Sea (EITS) revealing how it was knocked over and dragged.

Rare footage of a sea cucumber.

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Rare footage of a sea cucumber swimming in the deep-sea. The specimen swims directly into the Johnson Sea Link's grab sampler.

Dr. Sönke Johnsen, Dr. Alison Sweeney, Dr. Steven Haddock and Brian Cousin participate in a blue-water dive.

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Dr. Sönke Johnsen, Dr. Alison Sweeney, Dr. Steven Haddock and Brian Cousin participate in a blue-water dive.

View a video clip taken during this morning's dive.

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View a video clip taken during this morning's dive with shots of Cuban Dogfish Shark attacking bait on the Eye-in-the-Sea.

Video of scientists observing an Eye-in-the-Sea recovery.

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Video of scientists observing an Eye-in-the-Sea recovery by the Johnson Sea Link (JSL) submersible.

View a video where scientists observe a sea pen Ptilosarcus sp.

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Video where scientists observe a sea pen Ptilosarcus sp., collected in the Galapagos.

Video showing a deep sea coral bioluminescing

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Video showing a deep sea coral bioluminescing as it is agitated by the manipulator arm of the JSL II submersible.

Video showing a deep sea coral bioluminescing

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View a slideshow of some pictures from the Bioluminescence 2009 Exploration.

 

Images

Marine Biologist undergraduate student gets doused with sea water by Dr. Steve Haddock after his first submersible dive experience.

July 29
Marine Biologist undergraduate student gets doused with sea water after his first submersible dive experience. (HR)

NOAA/OER Web Coordinator, Susan Gottfried, is pictured in the Johnson Sea Link aft chamber.

July 29
NOAA/OER Web Coordinator, Susan Gottfried, is pictured in the Johnson Sea Link aft chamber. (HR)

Johnson Sea Link pilot, Frank Lombardo, shown in the aft chamber of the Johnson Sea Link submersible.

July 29
Johnson Sea Link pilot, Frank Lombardo, shown in the aft chamber of the Johnson
Sea Link submersible. (HR)

 


Bioluminescent plankton streaking past a fluorescent coral.

July 28
Bioluminescent plankton streaking past a fluorescent coral. (HR)

Searching the habitat for bioluminescent animals.

July 28
Searching the habitat for bioluminescent animals. (HR)

Species of bamboo coral, right is the spew bioluminescence of the shrimp Parapandalus.

July 28
Species of bamboo coral, right is the spew bioluminescence of the shrimp Parapandalus. (HR)

Shrimp spewing bioluminescence.

July 28
Shrimp spewing bioluminescence. (HR)

Squat Lobster, Gastroptychus spinifer, on a sea whip.

July 27
Squat Lobster, Gastroptychus spinifer, on a sea whip. (HR)

Dr. Tamara Frank with everything she needs to speak crab.

July 27
Dr. Tamara Frank with everything she needs to "speak crab." (HR)

Gastroptychus spinifer, or squat lobster.

July 27
Gastroptychus spinifer, or squat lobster. (HR)

 

Dr. Erika Raymond in the aft compartment of the JSL.

July 26 Mystery
Dr. Erika Raymond in the aft compartment of the JSL. (HR)

The mysterious lure and hook that was recovered next to the capsized EITS.

July 26 Mystery
The mysterious lure and hook that was recovered next to the capsized EITS. (HR)

 

 

Edwin Link with one of his early submersibles.

July 26
Edwin Link with one of his early submersibles. (HR)

The JSL Crew and the crew of the Seward Johnson work in tandem for a successful launch/recovery of the sub.

July 26
The JSL Crew and the crew of the Seward Johnson work in tandem for a successful launch/recovery of the sub. (HR)

Dr. Edie Widder holds the mystery hook and lure found near the capsized EITS.

July 26
Dr. Edie Widder holds the mystery hook and lure found near the capsized EITS. (HR)

 

Educator-at-Sea shown in the aft compartment of the Johnson Sea-Link II submersible during her first dive experience.

July 25
Educator-at-Sea shown in the aft compartment of the Johnson Sea-Link II submersible. (HR)

Chief Scientist Tammy Frank and Educator-at-Sea Angela Lewis pose in front of the Johnson Sea-Link II submersible before Angie’s first dive experience.

July 25
Chief Scientist Tammy Frank and Educator-at-Sea Angela Lewis pose in front of the Johnson Sea-Link II submersible. (HR)

Dr. Tammy Frank and Dr. Chuck Messing look for fluorescence using blue light and yellow lenses in the wet lab of the R/V Seward Johnson.

July 25
Dr. Tammy Frank and Dr. Chuck Messing look for fluorescence using blue light and yellow lenses. (HR)

 

Three Endoxocrinus maclearanus flank a purple sea fan with a snake star.

July 24
Three Endoxocrinus Maclearanus flank a purple sea fan with a snake star. (HR)

Tall sea lily, Endoxocrinus prionodes, with its arms collapsed under slack current.

July 24
Tall sea lily, Endoxocrinus Prionodes, with its arms collapsed under slack current. (HR)

Five-armed Democrinus with its stalk covered with hydroids.

July 24
Five-armed Democrinus with its stalk covered with hydroids. (HR)

Professor Chuck Messing in his onboard office after discovering the new Crinoid specimen.

July 24
Professor Chuck Messing in his onboard office after discovering the new Crinoid specimen. b(HR)

Crab with fluorescent bristles on mouthparts.

July 23
Crab with fluorescent bristles on mouthparts. (HR)

Zoanthid anemone larva in white light and with fluorescence excitation.

July 23
Zoanthid anemone larva in white light and with fluorescence excitation. (HR)

Lilyopsis siphonophore, white light, but fluorescence is so bright it is easily visible.

July 23
Lilyopsis siphonophore, white light, but fluorescence is so bright it is easily visible. (HR)

 

Dr. Tamara Frank, chief scientist and graduate advisor, and Gabby Barbarite prepare to enter the Johnson Sea Link II.

July 22
Dr. Tamara Frank, chief scientist and graduate advisor, and Gabby Barbarite prepare to enter the Johnson Sea Link II. (HR)

Grad student, Gabby Barbarite, peers out of the aft compartment porthole during her first submersible dive experience.

July 22
Grad student, Gabby Barbarite, peers out of the aft compartment porthole during her first submersible dive experience. (HR)

A close-up of a Blotched Catshark.

July 22
A close-up of a Blotched Catshark (Scyliorhinus meadi) which had become entangled in a bait bag on the Eye-in-the-Sea. (HR)

Grad student, Gabby Barbarite, emerges from the aft compartment of the JSL II after her first submersible dive.

July 22
Grad student, Gabby Barbarite, emerges from the aft compartment of the JSL II after her first submersible dive. (HR)

ORCA's Eye-in-the-Sea being deployed by the Johnson-Sea-Link.

July 21
ORCA's Eye-in-the-Sea being deployed by the Johnson-Sea-Link. (HR)

Edie in the JSL at 33 ft.

July 21
Edie in the JSL at 33 ft. (HR)

Basket star on left and golden coral on right.

July 21
Basket star on left and golden coral on right. (HR)

Orange sea star on a golden coral with stalked crinoid on left and white branching coral on right.

July 21
Orange sea star on a golden coral with stalked crinoid on left and white branching coral on right. (HR)

Dr. Erika Raymond, Dr. Sönke Johnsen, and Marine Biology undergrad, Ryan Keith, prepare the Eye-in-the-Sea for the first dive of the expedition.

July 20
Dr. Erika Raymond, Dr. Sönke Johnsen, and Marine Biology undergrad, Ryan Keith, prepare the Eye-in-the-Sea. (HR)

Dr. Alison Sweeney contemplates the expedition during the first day transit to the Bahamas.

July 20
Dr. Alison Sweeney contemplates the expedition during the first day transit to the Bahamas. (HR)

Science team members.

July 20
Science team members. (HR)

Dr. Tammy Frank describes images of recent biological specimens.

July 20
Dr. Tammy Frank describes images of recent biological specimens. (HR)

This photo represents one of the few times that we saw basket stars with their tentacles outstretched and in contact with each other.

Low Light Imaging
The deep-sea chirostylid anomuran crab Eumunida picta.
(HR)

Image taken under low light with a consumer camera set at ISO 1600.

Low Light Imaging
Image taken under low light with a consumer camera set at ISO 1600.
(HR)

Photograph taken outdoors in the dark on a moonless night.

Low Light Imaging
Photograph taken outdoors in the dark on a moonless night.
(HR)

 

Two species of feather stars.

Dark Hilltop Gardens
Two species of feather stars.
(HR)

Rows of short-stalked sea lilies.

Dark Hilltop Gardens
Rows of short-stalked sea lilies.
(HR)

A grove of unidentified sea fans.

Dark Hilltop Gardens
A grove of unidentified sea fans.
(HR)

A garden of sea lilies.

Dark Hilltop Gardens
A garden of sea lilies.
(HR)

Luminescing Bamboo Coral.

Eye-in-the-Sea
Luminescing Bamboo Coral.
(HR)

Eye-in-the-Sea being positioned in a Brine Pool in the Gulf of Mexico.

Eye-in-the-Sea
Eye-in-the-Sea being positioned in a Brine Pool in the Gulf of Mexico.
(HR)

Eye-in-the-Sea being positioned in a Brine Pool in the Gulf of Mexico.

Eye-in-the-Sea
Eye-in-the-Sea in position at around 1,800 feet in the Gulf of Mexico..
(HR)

The HBOI/FAU Johnson Sea Link submersible being lowered into the wate.

Eye-in-the-Sea
The HBOI/FAU Johnson Sea Link submersible being lowered into the water on its way to deploy the Eye-in-the-Sea.
(HR)

sea pen in a light environment.

Bioluminescence
sea pen in a light environment.
(HR)

sea pen in a dark environment.

Bioluminescence
sea pen in a dark environment.
(HR)

Image captured from a video camera mounted on underwater ROV Tiburon on dive number 1035.

Bioluminescence
Image captured from a video camera mounted on underwater ROV Tiburon.
(HR)

Image captured from a video camera mounted on underwater ROV Ventana on dive number 3209.

Bioluminescence
Image captured from a video camera mounted on underwater ROV Ventan.
(HR)

Deep-sea pen..

Mission Plan
Deep-sea sea pen.
(HR)

Deep-sea isopod.

Mission Plan
Deep-sea isopod (juvenile Bathynomus giganteus).
(HR)

Deep-sea crab.

Mission Plan
Deep-sea crab (Gastroptychus spinifer) with UV sensitive visual pigment.
(HR)

NASA satellite image of the Bahamas.

Mission Plan
NASA satellite image of the Bahamas.
(HR)

 

 

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