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    • BACKGROUND:
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    Cruise Plans:

  • Wecoma Cruise
  • Thompson/ROPOS Cruise
  • Thompson/Jason Cruise
    Participants
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    Results:
    1998 NeMO Cruise
    Axial 1998 "Eruption"

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    NeMO Multimedia Gallery

    The sounds and animations are derived from events detected using the SOSUS system and autonomous hydrophones at the VENTS Program in Newport, Oregon. The video clips are taken from cameras aboard the ROV ROPOS and submarine ALVIN.

    Sounds

    sound icon Earthquake Sound

    sound icon Unidentified Underwater Sounds

    sound icon Whale Call Gallery

    Maps & Images

    globe Maps of new lava areas

    Imagenex sonar survey map, SE Caldera

    Axial 3D image
    Axial 3D view from north
    3D close-up of caldera

    Large map of Axial Volcano vent sites

    Earthquake Swarm Animations

    Axial 1998 Swarm 2D
    Axial 1998 Swarm 3D
    (3-hour intervals)

    Image Galleries

    1999 Calendar Photos
    picture icon Creatures from the Deep
    Hot Vents & Lava

    Tools & Technology

    Video Clips

    hot icon NeMO Video Page
    film icon 1998 ROPOS video clip showing the release of white microbial mat from seafloor. (After ROV bumped the bottom.)
    (mpg version)
    (Real Player version)     (You must have RealPlayer installed to view this video clip.)

    Inferno Vent (Axial Volcano Ashes Vent Field) in flames


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    oar.pmel.vents.webmaster@noaa.gov