[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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By Kevin Zelnio, on  September 4th, 2009  Leave a comment  Biodiversity, Expeditions, Geology  Asteroid, Barnacle, Caldera, Coral, echinoderm, Gastropod, Gorda Ridge, Hydrothermal Vent, inactive hydrothermal vents, invertebrates, Juan de Fuca, lava flow, North Cleft, President Jackson Seamount, Rusticles, Sea Star, stormy seas, Weather By Kevin Zelnio, on September 2nd, 2009 Leave a comment Biodiversity, Expeditions Asteroid, Axial Seamount, brittle star, Caldera, Coaxial, holothurian, Juan de Fuca, lava, Ophiuroid, Pteropod, rattail, Sea Cucumbers, Sea Stars, sponge 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
By Kevin Zelnio, on August 31st, 2009 2 comments Expeditions, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls Basalt, Juan de Fuca, lava, Octopus, Opisthoteuthidae, ROV DOc Ricketts, Talus Slope A report from Dr. M while he is at sea in the northeast Pacific. You can follow the expedition here. Our first day in the water. The sea is calm and tremendously blue. Of course blue clear water means little primary production at the ocean’s surface. Through the 3.5km of transparent water column, the ROV . . . → Read More: NE Pacific Expedition Day 5
By Kevin Zelnio, on August 30th, 2009 7 comments Expeditions, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls, Vessels and Equipment Chris Mah, Juan de Fuca, Lemon Nudibranch, Log from the Sea of Cortez, MBARI, Oregon, Ricketts, Rogue Brewery, Steinbeck, Succession, Western Flyer A report from Dr. M while he is at sea in the northeast Pacific. You can follow the expedition here. photo credit: zlatkarp I began Friday with my first scuba dive off the Oregon coast. Forty-five minutes at 20 feet in some of the murkiest water I ever had the displeasure of diving in, less . . . → Read More: NE Pacific Expedition Day 3&4
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