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Major funding for this expedition was provided by the following:
NOAA Ocean Exploration Program
NOAA EOI Program
All fly-throughs were created by Susan Merle, Oregon State University/NOAA

Return to Vents Ring of Fire site
Vents 2006 multimedia site

 

Virtual fly-throughs from the 2006 Mariana Arc expedition

2006 Fly-throughs: Ocean Explorer Return to the Mariana Arc
Visit the volcanoes of the 2006 Jason dives with a virtual fly-throughs. Higher resolution bathymetry (EM300 and SeaBat) is viewed over bathymetry derived from satellite altimetry data. (The satellite altimetry data are courtesy of Smith and Sandwell, 1997.) Video image size is 480x360 pixels.

Fly-throughs at a smaller size and additional volcanoes are available on the Ocean Explorer 2006 Ring of Fire website.

 

Virtual Fly-throughs:
Mariana Arc image   Fly-through from south to north along the Mariana Arc. Annotated volcanoes were dive targets on the 2006 expedition. EM300 bathymetry data (higher resolution top layer) was collected on the 2003 and 2004 Ring of Fire expeditions. Data are 2Xs vertically exaggerated. Data set resolution varies: EM300 bathymetry (35 meter grid), islands (30 meter grids), and satellite (3500 meter grid). Island data (green) are from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, courtesy of USGS and NASA.
Quicktime: 16.4 MB | Windows Media: 16.5 MB
     
Daikoku image   Daikoku submarine volcano. Jason II dive target was the summit cone. Depths range from 323 to 2763 meters (1059 to 9063 feet). The EM300 bathymetry data are 2.5 times vertically exaggerated, with a resolution of ~25 meters.
Quicktime: 4.0 MB | Windows Media: 4.0 MB
See also: Daikoku 2006 video site
     
Diamante image   East Diamante approached from the south/southwest, zooms inside the caldera then down the north side of the edifice. Depths range from 136 to 2744 meters (446 to 9000 feet). The EM300 bathymetry data are 2.5 times vertically exaggerated, with a resolution of ~25 meters.
Quicktime: 4.0 MB | Windows Media: 4.1 MB
See also: East Diamante 2006 video site
     
Esmeralda image   Esmeralda Bank volcano, flying over the southwest flank and into the caldera. Depths range from 54 to 2052 meters (177 to 6730 feet). Data are 2.5 times vertically exaggerated. EM300 bathymetry (25 meter resolution) overlaid on SeaBat data (50 meter resolution). SeaBat data courtesy of Yoshihiko Tamura, Jamstec, Japan.
Quicktime: 5.5 MB | Windows Media: 5.8 MB
     
Nikko image   Nikko submarine volcano, from the south and circling around the two summit cones. The western cone is known to have an active hydrothermal system. Depths range from 383 to 2705 meters (1256 to 8872 feet). The EM300 bathymetry data (~25 meter resolution) are overlaid on SeaBat data (~50 meter resolution). Bathymetry data are 2.5 times vertically exaggerated. SeaBat data are courtesy of Ko-ichi Nakamura, National Institute of Advanced Science and Technology, Japan.
Quicktime: 4.4 MB | Windows Media: 4.4 MB
View: Nikko 2006 video site
     
Eifuku image   NW Eifuku submarine volcano, approached from the south. Depths range from 1563 to 3396 meters (5127 to 11,139 feet). The EM300 bathymetry data are 2.5 times vertically exaggerated, with a resolution of ~35 meters in these water depths.
Quicktime: 3.2 MB | Windows Media: 4.0 MB
View: NW Eifuku2006 video site
     
NW Rota 1 image   NW Rota-1 submarine volcano, approached from the south and circling the summit. Depths range from 550 to 3400 meters (1804 to 11,152 feet). The EM300 bathymetry data are 2.5 times vertically exaggerated, with a resolution of ~30 meters in these water depths.
Quicktime: 5.9 MB | Windows Media: 7.2 MB
View: 2006 Brimstone eruption and NW Rota 1 Biology video sites
     
Ruby image   Ruby submarine volcano, approached from the southwest and circling the summit. Depths range from 184 to 2955 meters (604 to 9692 feet). Ruby-2 is visible to the north of Ruby. The EM300 bathymetry data are 2.5 times vertically exaggerated, with a resolution of ~25 meters.
Quicktime: 5.0 MB | Windows Media: 5.9 MB
     
Seamount X image   Seamount-X submarine volcano, approached from the southwest. Depths range from 1200 to 3800 meters (3936 to 12,464 feet). EM300 bathymetry data (~35 meter resolution at this water depth) are overlaid on MR1 data (100 meter grid-cell size). The data are 2.5 times vertically exaggerated.
Quicktime: 3.7 MB | Windows Media: 3.7 MB