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Copepods are small crustaceans, distant relatives of crabs and lobsters, which live both in...

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Uploaded on Dec 22, 2011

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Murex or rock snails comprise a large family of predatory sea snails. This is one of a set...

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Uploaded on Dec 22, 2011

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Bristle worms or polychaetes are a kind of segmented worm. There are more than 10,000...

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Uploaded on Dec 22, 2011

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Squat lobsters are a kind of ten-legged crustacean, closely related to hermit crabs. This is one...

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Uploaded on Dec 22, 2011

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Crabs are ten-legged crustaceans that have hard exoskeletons, four pairs of walking legs and two...

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Uploaded on Dec 22, 2011

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Tempo-Mini deployed near the base of Grotto vent edifice beneath our random access water sampler, RAS.

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Uploaded on Dec 9, 2011

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Our RAS water sampler floats above the hot vent on a buoyed platform. Beneath it, a rusty anchor...

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Uploaded on Oct 21, 2011  |  Map

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This is the installation location for our Benthic and Resistivity Sensors (BARS) instrument. After...

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Uploaded on Oct 21, 2011  |  Map

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Here is our experimental set-up on Grotto Hydrothermal Vent. Tempo-Mini rests on a...

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Uploaded on Oct 21, 2011  |  Map

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ROPOS snaps a picture of the sunrise as it hangs above the water after the final dive of our fall...

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Uploaded on Oct 4, 2011

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ROPOS turned its lights off and Tempo-Mini turn on its lights, illuminating the site at our Main Endeavour Site.

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Uploaded on Oct 4, 2011

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Nice overall view of Tempo-Mini site with RAS, Random Access water Sampler.

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Uploaded on Oct 4, 2011  |  Map

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A crab had a good look at Tempo-Mini.

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Uploaded on Oct 4, 2011

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The sensor wand from BARS (Benthic and Resistivity Sensors) in the vent. A temperature of ~325 Celsius was recorded.

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Uploaded on Oct 4, 2011  |  Map

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Another angle of the vent that will be used for BARS.

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Uploaded on Oct 4, 2011  |  Map

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Zooming in to see top of a chimney at our Endeavour site.

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Uploaded on Oct 4, 2011  |  Map

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A chimney at our Endeavour site.

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Uploaded on Oct 4, 2011

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We saw some amazing creatures on our fall installation and maintenance cruise, September 2011. Photo taken by Françoise Gervais.

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Uploaded on Sep 30, 2011

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