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Check out these
videos and photos,
which have been transmitted to the
University of Delaware from the R/V Atlantis
through the efforts of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Be sure to also visit Woods Hole’s Dive
and Discover Web site.
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Check out
the slide show at left to see how the sub Alvin
is launched!
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Today’s
Photo Gallery
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A fin whale surfaces near the Avon in
the Sea of Cortés.
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Sunset on a calm night in the Sea of Cortés.
Baja California can be seen on the horizon.
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Scientists look for whales from the Avon.
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R/V Atlantis at sea in the Sea of Cortés.
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Scientists are lowered in the Avon by
the ship’s crane to position a hydrophone
in the water below to listen for whales. The
lines coming from the ship to the Avon
are used to steady the boat while it is lowered.
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Phil Taylor is baptized after his first Alvin
dive.
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Small polychaete worms (Paralvinella) up to
5 centimeters long (about 2 inches) that were
growing on the surface of the ledge samples.
These samples have been preserved for genetics
and anatomical studies.
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Tim Shank holds up a long tubeworm that he has
removed from the bio-box on Alvin’s
basket, while Alvin pilot Steve Faluotico
looks at what he collected during the dive.
The rest of the worms left to be fished out
of the bio-box are in the foreground.
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