A termination failure occurred on the CTD rosette last night, ending the tow-yo early. Here, Chief Electronics Technician Richard Conway reterminates the wire. Image courtesy of NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, MCR Expedition 2011. Download larger version (jpg, 284 KB).
The ninth ROV dive of the expedition was conducted at ‘Europa’, a suspected low-temperature ‘Lost-City’ type hydrothermal field toward the SW limit of Mt Dent’s summit. Much of the dive was spent traversing biogenic carbonate sediment and basaltic rock types. A geologic highlight was finding what appeared to be intercalated sediment and lava flows, but no active venting was found.
