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Finding a Passion
Thursday, August 05, 2010
After my first shift of recording data in the Jason van over Hydrate Ridge, I was hooked....
Meter-Scale Imaging
Thursday, August 05, 2010
After very long Sentry and Jason dives yesterday, this morning was spent preparing for ...
Bubbles from the Seafloor
Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Any child blowing soap bubbles into the air has experienced the curiosity of watching bubbles float and ...
Documenting Seep Sites
Tuesday, August 03, 2010
Following recovery of Jason from dive J2-511, and Sentry, both vehicles had some down time ...
Social and Scientific
Monday, August 02, 2010
Having only been on one other scientific cruise, I can say that the social and ...
Nested Surveys
Monday, August 02, 2010
Following Jason and Sentry surveys at Gary's Bad Hang, we transited ...
Kinship Aboard the Thompso ...
Sunday, August 01, 2010
Upon reading the "First Impressions" perspectives found on the July 27 Enlighten'10 Daily Log, I felt ...
Exploring Gary's Bad Hang ...
Sunday, August 01, 2010
Following recovery of Jason, during the very early hours of the morning on August 1, the R/V Thompson ...
Continuing High-Resolution ...
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Today Jason and Sentry continue their exploration and high-resolution mapping of Southern Hydrate Ridge. ...
Initial Exploration of Sou ...
Friday, July 30, 2010
After successful dives with both Jason and Sentry yesterday, we transited southwest ...
Grays Canyon Survey
Friday, July 30, 2010
The coastal margin west of Grays Harbor, Washington, will host three uncabled mooring sites as part of the Coastal Scale Nodes (CSN) component of ...
First Science Dive
Thursday, July 29, 2010
After successful engineering dives with both Jason and Sentry yesterday, we are preparing for the first science dives of the cr ...
First Jason Lowering - Eng ...
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Today is filled with anticipation of the first Jason dive. The goal of the Engineering dive is to test multiple sensors and functions of the ROV. ...
First Impressions
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Daily Report On July 27th, very early in the morning, the Thompson rounded the J-buoy near the entrance to the Straits o ...
Excitement, Adventure, Dis ...
Monday, July 26, 2010
By John R. Delaney, Chief Scientist, ENLIGHTEN '10 A powerful and contagious sense of excitemen ...
Beginning the Journey
Monday, July 26, 2010
July 26 was a busy day for the Thompson. We arrived at the Rainier Fueling dock at 0500 and completed this operation at 1300. ...
L-3 Maripro Preliminary De ...
Wednesday, June 09, 2010
L-3 Maripro Preliminary Design Review was held June 9 and 10, 2010 in Seattle. L-3 Maripro is the contractor supplying the Regional Scale N ...
Burial Assessment Survey C ...
Monday, May 17, 2010
Report from Brian Ittig, RSN Marine Operations Manager The RSN burial and assessment survey (BAS) began on April 28, 2010 a ...
Remote control of the towf ...
Friday, April 30, 2010
Aboard the Mt. Mitchell, the engineer can watch cable pay out via a video camera. At the end of the cable is the AMS60 towfish, an instrument&nbs ...
990 km of Cable Route Surv ...
Monday, April 19, 2010
All of our deep-water surveys from Axial seamount to the base of Oregon’s continental slope are now complete. This totals about 990km of ca ...
Towfish Launch After Repai ...
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Surveying continues after repairs were made to the towfish, which carries the sonar equpment used to map the cable route. Shown here is the towfi ...
Survey lab
Saturday, April 10, 2010
The survey team consists of surveyors, engineers, data processors, and one geologist. Video shows the survey lab onboard the Mt. Mitchell as the fir ...
Crabs for dinner
Saturday, April 10, 2010
The Pacific Rebel fishing boat has caught up with us some 40 miles offshore Pacific City and has delivered the C3D part we have been waitin ...
