NE Pacific Expedition Day 8 & 9
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By , on September 4th, 2009 Leave a comment   Expeditions, Geology, Organisms   , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

[mappress] Yellow feather star (comatulid crinoid). Photo courtesy of MBARI. We dove Wednesday on North Cleft (45.030268, -130.182166), a massive ravine over 100 meters deep and a few hundred meters wide formed by the spreading of the Juan de Fuca and Pacific Plates. At 2.5 kilometers depth, we explored three inactive hydrothermal vents, the tallest . . . → Read More: NE Pacific Expedition Day 8 & 9

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NE Pacific Expedition Day 6 & 7
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By , on September 2nd, 2009 Leave a comment   Expeditions, Organisms   , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

A report from Dr. M while he is at sea in the northeast Pacific. You can also follow the expedition here. Monday was consumed with our second dive on the north end of Coaxial (46.5191126, -129.588406) along the Juan de Fuca Ridge. Two and a half kilometers down we slowly make our way across lava . . . → Read More: NE Pacific Expedition Day 6 & 7

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