Submarine Ring of Fire 2014 - Ironman

Return to NW Rota-1 Seamount

By Bill Chadwick - Oregon State University and NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
December 03, 2014

Return to NW Rota. Video courtesy of Submarine Ring of Fire 2014 - Ironman, NSF/NOAA. Video produced by Saskia Madlener. Music by Charlie Brooks. Download (mp4, 17.8 MB)

Susan Merle monitors the data collected by the ship’s multibeam sonar.

Susan Merle monitors the data collected by the ship’s multibeam sonar. Image courtesy of Submarine Ring of Fire 2014 - Ironman, NSF/NOAA. Download larger version (jpg, 5.9 MB).

The CTD instrument package is lifted off the deck of the ship before it is lowered over the side on a cable to collect water samples and look for hydrothermal plumes.

The CTD instrument package is lifted off the deck of the ship before it is lowered over the side on a cable to collect water samples and look for hydrothermal plumes. Image courtesy of Submarine Ring of Fire 2014 - Ironman, NSF/NOAA. Download larger version (jpg, 1.6 MB).

A hydrophone mooring is deployed off the stern of the ship at NW Rota-1 seamount.

A hydrophone mooring is deployed off the stern of the ship at NW Rota-1 seamount. Image courtesy of Submarine Ring of Fire 2014 - Ironman, NSF/NOAA. Download image (jpg, 159 KB).

No eruptive activity detected at NW Rota. Video courtesy of Submarine Ring of Fire 2014 - Ironman, NSF/NOAA. Video produced by Saskia Madlener. Music by Charlie Brooks. Download (mp4, 24.9 MB)