| 450 |  |
Scientists Justin Marshall and Tammy Frank holding one of the "disgusting hagfish" captured in Dr. Frank's trap |
Gulf of Mexico 2005 August 23 |
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Green fluorescing eyebrow of a 5 cm. frogfish collected at 1,800 ft. deep. |
Gulf of Mexico 2005 August 24 |
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Unidentified jelly with algae which appears as red balls. |
Gulf of Mexico 2005 August 24 |
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Planktonic copepod, most likely Microsetella sp., with green and yellow fluorescence. |
Gulf of Mexico 2005 August 24 |
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Unknown medusa-like plankton. |
Gulf of Mexico 2005 August 24 |
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Mikhail Matz and Jon Cohen release the collection bottle from the base of the plankton net after the tow. |
Gulf of Mexico 2005 August 26 |
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Jon Cohen sets up his plankton net for a 15-minute tow alongside the R/V Seward Johnson. |
Gulf of Mexico 2005 August 26 |
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The pontellid copepod Pontella securifer. Various parts glow fluorescent green when viewed under blue light. Top: Note the male's specialized antenna and claw on its last leg (on the right) for grabbing females. Bottom: The female has an oblong sperm packet attached at her tail. |
Gulf of Mexico 2005 August 26 |
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Profile of the head of the pontellid copepod Pontella securifer. Light passes sequentially through 3 separate lenses and then hits the photoreceptor cells. This male copepod has one antenna that is bright orange and modified for grabbin g females, while the other antenna is transparent. Two additional eyes are visible on the dorsal(top) surface of the copepod, each with a small red lens. |
Gulf of Mexico 2005 August 26 |
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The lobate ctenophore Ocyropsis maculata as viewed under polarized light. |
Gulf of Mexico 2005 August 27 |
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The lobate ctenophore Ocyropsis maculata as viewed under unpolarized light |
Gulf of Mexico 2005 August 27 |
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Galatheid crab with a single visual pigment, tentatively identified as Eumunida picta |
Gulf of Mexico 2005 August 29 |
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Galatheid crab with UV sensitivity. Tentatively identified as Gastroptychus sp |
Gulf of Mexico 2005 August 29 |
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Deep-sea shrimp. UL shows full color image. The other three panels show how the shrimp appears under blue, green, and red light. Unlike what was seen at shallower depths, this animal is not most camouflaged at natural blue wavelengths. Instead it actually blends with the background best at red waveleng ths, suggesting that camouflage is less important at deeper, dimmer depths. |
Gulf of Mexico 2005 August 30 |
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Yellow zooanthids on a glass sponge. Note that, though highly conspicuous under full light, they blend in with the sponge at blue wavelengths. These animals hav e been quite interesting because they also have bright green fluorescence and very strong green bioluminescence. They also stung our hands when we touched them, suggesting that some of these signals may be warnings of toxicity. |
Gulf of Mexico 2005 August 30 |
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The bait deployment system on the Eye-in-the-Sea, known as the CLAM (Cannibalized Ladder Alignment Mechanism), is closed before it is recovered from the bottom. |
Gulf of Mexico 2005 August 31 |
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The Eye-in-the-Sea is held on the front of the Johnson-Sea-Link submersible during launch. |
Gulf of Mexico 2005 August 31 |
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Lee Frey readies the LoLAR II (Low Light Autocalibrating Radiometer) instrument for deployment on the Johnson-Sea-Link submersible. |
Gulf of Mexico 2005 August 31 |
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The "charismatic" deep sea crustacean, Bathynomis giganteus. |
Gulf of Mexico 2005 September 2 |
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A flotilla of fish follow a transparent drifting jellyfish, Aurelia aurita. A flotilla of fish follow a transparent drifting jellyfish, Aurelia aurita. |
Gulf of Mexico 2005 September 3 |
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Marine scientist spiderman Misha Matz coordinates a blue water dive for 4 companions - each at the end of a rope tether and each rope kept taut by a weight and pulley system that is attached to a toilet flange. |
Gulf of Mexico 2005 September 3 |
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The science crew gathers excitedly to examine recently collected specimens for fluorescence and bioluminescence. |
Gulf of Mexico 2005 September 4 |
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Dive at Wreckfish Cave. |
Transect at 31 30 N Latitude east of Georgia Coast 2004 August 24 |
473 |  |
Dive at Wreckfish Cave. |
Transect at 31 30 N Latitude east of Georgia Coast 2004 August 24 |
474 |  |
Dive at Wreckfish Cave. |
Transect at 31 30 N Latitude east of Georgia Coast 2004 August 24 |
475 |  |
Dive at Wreckfish Cave. |
Transect at 31 30 N Latitude east of Georgia Coast 2004 August 24 |
476 |  |
Dive at Wreckfish Cave. |
Transect at 31 30 N Latitude east of Georgia Coast 2004 August 24 |
477 |  |
Dive at Wreckfish Cave. |
Transect at 31 30 N Latitude east of Georgia Coast 2004 August 24 |
478 |  |
Dive at Wreckfish Cave. |
Transect at 31 30 N Latitude east of Georgia Coast 2004 August 24 |
479 |  |
Dive at Wreckfish Cave. |
Transect at 31 30 N Latitude east of Georgia Coast 2004 August 24 |
480 |  |
Dive at Wreckfish Cave. |
Transect at 31 30 N Latitude east of Georgia Coast 2004 August 24 |
481 |  |
Dive at Wreckfish Cave. |
Transect at 31 30 N Latitude east of Georgia Coast 2004 August 24 |
482 |  |
Dive at Wreckfish Cave. |
Transect at 31 30 N Latitude east of Georgia Coast 2004 August 24 |
483 |  |
Dive at Wreckfish Cave. |
Transect at 31 30 N Latitude east of Georgia Coast 2004 August 24 |
484 |  |
Dive at Popenoe's Coral Mounds. |
Transect at 31 30 N Latitude east of Georgia Coast 2004 August 25 |
485 |  |
Dive at Popenoe's Coral Mounds. |
Transect at 31 30 N Latitude east of Georgia Coast 2004 August 25 |
486 |  |
Dive at Popenoe's Coral Mounds. |
Transect at 31 30 N Latitude east of Georgia Coast 2004 August 25 |
487 |  |
Dive at Popenoe's Coral Mounds. |
Transect at 31 30 N Latitude east of Georgia Coast 2004 August 25 |
488 |  |
Dive at Popenoe's Coral Mounds. |
Transect at 31 30 N Latitude east of Georgia Coast 2004 August 25 |
489 |  |
Dive at Popenoe's Coral Mounds. |
Transect at 31 30 N Latitude east of Georgia Coast 2004 August 25 |
490 |  |
Description not available. |
Transect at 31 30 N Latitude east of Georgia Coast 2004 August 29 |
491 |  |
Description not available. |
Transect at 31 30 N Latitude east of Georgia Coast 2004 August 29 |
492 |  |
Description not available. |
Transect at 31 30 N Latitude east of Georgia Coast 2004 August 29 |
493 |  |
Description not available. |
Transect at 31 30 N Latitude east of Georgia Coast 2004 August 29 |
494 |  |
Description not available. |
Transect at 31 30 N Latitude east of Georgia Coast 2004 August 29 |
495 |  |
Description not available. |
Transect at 31 30 N Latitude east of Georgia Coast 2004 August 30 |
496 |  |
Description not available. |
Transect at 31 30 N Latitude east of Georgia Coast 2004 August 30 |
497 |  |
Description not available. |
Transect at 31 30 N Latitude east of Georgia Coast 2004 August 30 |
498 |  |
Description not available. |
Transect at 31 30 N Latitude east of Georgia Coast 2004 August 30 |
499 |  |
Description not available. |
Transect at 31 30 N Latitude east of Georgia Coast 2004 August 30 |
