Enlighten Blog
As Enlighten 10 Ends
Sunday, August 22, 2010
After a month at sea, the Enlighten ’10 cruise is coming to an end and we are steaming back towards the Oregon coast. ...
Exploring an Active Calde
Friday, August 20, 2010
Jason Dive 517 ended at 0120h this morning after more than 30 hrs in the water. Drilling small holes... ...
Life in the Extreme
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Beginning tonight Jason will be conducting operations to look at life that thrives within the walls of active black smoker chimneys ...
Dive J2-516
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Jason dive J2-516 began at 1200h today with the deployment of... ...
Transforming the ROV Jason
Monday, August 16, 2010
At 0800 h this morning, we recovered Jason from dive J2-515. We accomplished a lot during the ~60 hour dive... ...
Weather: Sunday August 15,
Sunday, August 15, 2010
SUN!! Calm seas - a Sea State 0 to1 today. That's 2 sunny days in a row and a strong potential... ...
International District to
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Much of yesterday was spent conducting detailed photomosaic imaging of the International District Hydrothermal Field. ...
A Day Full of Vents and Su
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Science Update The past 24 hours have been busy aboard the R/V Thompson and we have been fortunate to have the weather ...
Students at Sea
Friday, August 13, 2010
The reality of working at sea, especially in an area that is prone to bad weather, is that things don't always... ...
Captain's Weather Report
Thursday, August 12, 2010
As predicted, the wind has increased to 20-30 knots, and seas to 14 feet have developed. ...
Weathering a Bit of a Blow
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Today Jason was out of the water because of a bit of a blow with 20-25 knot winds, just at the working limit of safe operations for recovery ...
Details at ASHES
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
A major goal of the Enlighten’10 mission at Axial Volcano is to produce accurate and detailed site surveys ...
First Jason Dive at Axial
Monday, August 09, 2010
We are about 10 hours into Jason dive J2-514 and have just had our first sighting of active hydrothermal vents! ...
David's Spheres
Monday, August 09, 2010
There is something different about Enlighten’10 and no, I’m not referring to the RV Thomspon’s new interior paint job. Nor do I ...
Newport to Axial Volcano
Sunday, August 08, 2010
This expedition has the relatively uncommon feature of being divided into two parts ...
Port Call, Newport, Oregon
Saturday, August 07, 2010
Today we said sad goodbyes to about half of the science party from the first leg ...
Final Science Day Leg 1
Friday, August 06, 2010
Following recovery of Jason and the transponders used to help navigate Sentry, the students ...
Nice Weather
Friday, August 06, 2010
The weather at sea plays a critical part in determining when we can and can not do science. ...
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 ...
