Interactive Oceans

The U.S. NSF Ocean Observatories Initiative's cabled observatory in the NE Pacific. Design, construction, early operations led by University of Washington.

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The University of Washington research ship, the R/V Thompson, arrives back at the UW after traveling to oceans afar including New Zealand and South African waters. We are happy to see her home and back in the NE Pacific. Credit: J. Tilley, UW Applied Physics Lab @UWOcean @APLUW

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UW APL engineers James Tilley and Eric McRae gaze out to sea as the R/V Atlantis heads into the Pacific on the OOI Regional Cabled Array expedition. @NSF #NSFFunded

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Preparing for Leg 2 of the OOI-UW Regional Cabled Array cruise, the ROV Jason test out the placement of a "landing pad" for an instrumented Science Pod that will be installed this leg and connected live to the Internet from 200 m beneath the oceans surface. @NSF_GEO #NSFFunded

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The R/V Atlantis steaming to shore under calm seas after successfully installing the shallow profiler mooring at the base of Axial Seamount for the NSF's OOI - UW Regional Cabled Array. The yellow 18,000 lb winch (left) was used to install the infrastructure. @NSF_GEO #NSFFunded

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R/V Thompson on way to Axial Volcano. ROPOS will dive in ~ 2 hrs. see http://t.co/pbCA9CUHKY

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ROPOS about ready to dive to >9000 ft beneath the ocean's surface off Oregon -http://t.co/uo2YZmpbNq

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Soon to leave Newport -ROPOS to start diving at 9000 ft this afternoon - installing a deep profiler mooring.

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ROPOS to dive at methane seep later tonight hosting Neptunea snail nursery
http://t.co/pbCA9CUHKY

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now diving at >9000 ft at base of volcano.

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5 ft long rattail at 5000 ft on Axial Volcano.

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ROPOS is diving in the International Field at 5000 ft working at the 280°C hydrothermal vents on the largest volcano off the OR coast

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The ROV ROPOS is diving on the largest volcano off the OR coast, working a the ASHES hydrothermal field

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On site at Axial Seamount. Will be diving soon with the ROV ROPOS to install state-of-the-art instrumented ocean water profilers

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The R/V Thompson and remotely operated vehicle ROPOS are on their way to the largest underwater volcano off the Oregon Coast-arrive tomorrow

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ROPOS starting its descent to 2900 m off the Oregon Coast at the Base of the Canadian Subduction Zone

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ROPOS Dive R1827 starting - ROPOS in the water

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NSF Cabled Array OOI cruise underway - steaming to Slope Base - arriving at ~2200 tonight to switch our mooring science pods

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2-leg vertical mooring at SlopeBase is safely in position after 21hr deployment complicated by strong currents and winds >20kts #visions14

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Back at Sea! En route to Slope Base to deploy a 2 Legged Mooring in 2900m of water. Mooring ops start Friday 0600 hrs #Visions14

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The R/V Thompson is steaming into Newport to mobilize the Slope Base Shallow Profiler Mooring.#VISIONS14