| 5250 |  |
The hole at the bottom of a hole. How far down does this hole go in the sediment ? |
2011 August 10 |
5251 |  |
A comparatively gently sloping hole with coarse material at its bottom. |
2011 August 10 |
5252 |  |
Three lineal gouges in a row and a fourth trending in a different direction at the top of the image. Two reddish purple holothurians are crawling over the middle of the parallel gouges. |
2011 August 10 |
5253 |  |
A large hole in the sediment |
2011 August 10 |
5254 |  |
Shell and other biological detritus covering the bottom of a hole in the sediment. |
2011 August 10 |
5255 |  |
A large gouge and parallel ridge-like pile of material in the sediment. |
2011 August 10 |
5256 |  |
A very deep vertical hole in the sediment. |
2011 August 11 |
5257 |  |
A deep hole and a large mound. Rock is outcropping in the distance. |
2011 August 11 |
5258 |  |
Hole with course detritus in the bottom. |
2011 August 11 |
5259 |  |
Large hole with streak of course detritus in bottom |
2011 August 11 |
5260 |  |
Shells and other biological detritus at bottom of hole in sediment. |
2011 August 11 |
5261 |  |
Small holes at the bottom of a sedimentary layer |
2011 August 11 |
5262 |  |
An arcuate gouge leading into another lineal gouge in the sediments of the seafloor. |
2011 August 11 |
5263 |  |
What appears to be a burrow at the end of a lineal gouge with a pile of sedimentary material to the right of the gouge. |
2011 August 11 |
5264 |  |
Three burrows in the sediment with the hint of a possible creature in the bottom middle burrow. |
2011 August 11 |
5265 |  |
Maybe two legs of a brittle star poking out from a burrow. |
2011 August 11 |
5266 |  |
A pile of sediment with no hole or burrow apparent. What is the black material animate or inanimate?- to the left of the pile. |
2011 August 11 |
5267 |  |
Random motion of some bottom crawling animal recorded in sand tracks. |
2011 August 11 |
5268 |  |
Random motion of some bottom crawling animal recorded in sand tracks. |
2011 August 11 |
5269 |  |
Large gouge in sediment |
2011 August 11 |
5270 |  |
Large gouge in sediment with accompanying large pile of sediment |
2011 August 11 |
5271 |  |
Large gouge in sediment with accompanying large pile of sediment |
2011 August 11 |
5272 |  |
Two seemingly divergent tracks leading to the same gouge pattern in the surface sediments |
2011 August 12 |
5273 |  |
Large gouge in sediment |
2011 August 12 |
5274 |  |
Tube anemone in bottom of circular hole. |
2011 August 12 |
5275 |  |
Sand dung pile amongst material that looks to be in bottom of hole. |
2011 August 13 |
5276 |  |
Small holes with radial patterns extending outward from the hole |
2011 August 13 |
5277 |  |
Distinct trail cutting across seafloor |
2011 August 13 |
5278 |  |
Hummocky mounds in sediment caused by either biological or geological activity |
2011 August 13 |
5279 |  |
Light-colored mud trail that abruptly ends (perhaps begins) on darker colored substrate |
2011 August 15 |
5280 |  |
Course material in shallow oval hole |
2011 August 15 |
5281 |  |
Consolidated sandstone or ash cliff with deep sea fish cruising just below the cliff face. |
2011 August 13 |
5282 |  |
Consolidated sandstone or volcanic ash cliff |
2011 August 13 |
5283 |  |
Consolidated sandstone or volcanic ash cliff |
2011 August 13 |
5284 |  |
Consolidated sandstone or volcanic ash cliff |
2011 August 13 |
5285 |  |
Consolidated sandstone or volcanic ash cliff. Look closely and some of the bedding can be seen. |
2011 August 13 |
5286 |  |
Rock rubble, outcrops and sand and mud covering part of the rock material. The sand and mud has been disturbed by biological activity in the lower right quarter of the image. |
2011 August 8 |
5287 |  |
Partially sediment covered rock outcrop |
2011 August 8 |
5288 |  |
Sediment covered rock in a scene reminiscent of a winter snowfall. The white specks are in fact marine snow, organic remains of animals living far above in the photic zone and the various creatures that feed on materials sinking to the bottom of th sea. |
2011 August 8 |
5289 |  |
A rock outcrop being covered by sediment. |
2011 August 9 |
5290 |  |
Angular boulders that have never been subjected to surface erosion being slowly covered by sediment. At least one fairly large white creature is seen on a rock outcrop in the middle right of this image. Can you find it? |
2011 August 9 |
5291 |  |
Ridge top with strange emaciated appearing coral bush and equally strange rock outcrop (or is it the remains of a large object of biological origin). Either way, no feature of this sort (the vertical object in the center of the image) was seen in any other image of the Cayman expedition. |
2011 August 10 |
5292 |  |
Cloudy water with relatively large amount of white material possibly indicates proximity to hydrothermal venting |
2011 August |
5293 |  |
Assemblage of material in water column - sediment or biological in origin? |
2011 August |
5294 |  |
Pebbly substrate with iron oxide - seemingly devoid of life |
2011 August 5 |
5295 |  |
Large, apparently hydrothermally altered boulder |
2011 August 6 |
5296 |  |
Broken flat slabs of rock (sheet lava?) on side of ridge |
2011 August 8 |
5297 |  |
Rock outcrop with large block having orthogonal surfaces |
2011 August 8 |
5298 |  |
Rock outcrop nearly, if not totally, devoid of life |
2011 August 8 |
5299 |  |
Rock outcrop with some small life forms and pile of shells and other biological debris next to its base |
2011 August 9 |