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Gulf of Mexico 2012 Expedition
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A red crab (Chaceon sp.) in the vicinity of an outcrop of brown methane hydrates.
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An eel slithering through the water above a small outcrop. Numerous redpandalid shrimp are seen on the seafloor.
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A large depression surrounded by the excavated material.
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Ice worms in an outcropping of methane hydrate.
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Strange image near a methane seep. Are these trapped bubbles below an overhang?
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Scale worm in a seep area. The small white specks are amphipods.
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A gas capture device, called the methane bucket, was assembled and deployedon the Little Hercules. The methane bucket allows for estimating thevolumetric flow rate associated with bubbles of methane gas at natural seeps.The methane forms a mix of hy
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The Little Hercules remotely operated vehicle, outfitted with a 'methane bucket' capture device, captures gas bubbles percolating up from a seafloor gas seep.
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Photo #1 of sequence showing capture of methane gas which forms hydrate at the top of the methane bucket.
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Photo #2 of sequence showing capture of methane gas which forms hydrate at the top of the methane bucket.
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Photo #3 of sequence showing capture of methane gas which forms hydrate at the top of the methane bucket.
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Broken mussel shells at the site of a cold seep.
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Natural gas seep imaged with acoustic sounding technology. Red line is bottomprofile.
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The methane bucket deployed over a methane seep with live mussels and alarge red crab (Chaceon quinquedens) in the background. Note bubbles inchamber and methane hydrate formed at top of container.
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The methane bucket deployed over a methane seep with live mussels and alarge red crab (Chaceon quinquedens) in the background. Note bubbles inchamber and methane hydrate formed at top of container.
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A 'methane bucket' capture device added to the front of the Little Hercules rremotely operated vehicle with gas hydrate (shiny material) at the top of thecylinder. During ascent, the hydrate was seen to sublimate to gas andexpand in volume, filling
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Launching Little Hercules from the after deck of the OKEANOS EXPLORER.A calibrated grid is attached to the ROV on its right in this image. It will be used to measure the rate of methane gas emission from a cold seepsite.
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A calibrated grid attached to the front of Little Hercules in order to collectimagery data that will allow scientists to assess sizes and rates of bubbleescape from natural methane seeps.
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An aggregation of mussels and a lone urchin at a cold seep site.
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Preparing to deploy a calibrated grid for measuring rate of methane emissions at a cold seep site. Serendipitously a comb jelly is seen below the right sidesupporting arm of the grid.
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