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ROV Jason Images the Discovery of the Deepest Explosive Eruption on the Sea Floor
May 2009
Oceanographers using the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Jason discovered and recorded the first video and still images of a deep-sea volcano actively erupting molten lava on the seafloor.
NW Rota 2009 Expedition to the Mariana Volcanic Arc
April 3-17, 2009
An international science team studied an erupting undersea volcano near the Island of Guam and captured dramatic new video and still images of the eruptive activity of NW Rota-1.
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ROV Jason
WHOI Engineer Will Sellers talks about the latest generation of sub-sea exploration vehicle ROV Jason.
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Jason to the Rescue
During an expedition to the East Pacific Rise in May 2007, the robotic undersea vehicle frees instruments glued to the seafloor by hardened lava.
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Sights and Sounds of a Submarine Volcano
WHOI expedition leader Will Sellers talks about the adventure of deep-sea research at an erupting underwater volcano.
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Jason in Photos
Stories from Oceanus Magazine
April 3, 2009
Jason Meets the Carnivorous Sea Squirt
Expedition to the Tasman Fracture finds unknown speciesSource: Oceanus Magazine
April 10, 2008
Happy as a (Newly Discovered) Clam
Want to find something on the seafloor? Engineer Tom Crook's your man.Source: Oceanus Magazine
May 15, 2007
Rescue Mission on the Seafloor
Could Jason recover instruments stuck to the seafloor by newly erupted lava?Source: Oceanus Magazine
WHOI News Releases
July 14, 2006
Undersea Vehicles to Study Formation of Gold and Other Precious Metals On the Pacific Ocean Floor
Source: Media Relations
