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The
JPEG images below were captured by a US research team using ROV
Jason, one of the deep submergence vehicles operated by the Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institution as part of the UNOLS National Deep Submergence
Facility. ROV Jason had DeepSea Power & Light's new Super
SeaCam® 5000 single CCD camera mounted on it
for its recent cruise to deep sea vents on the Central Indian Ridge.
The images were captured to DVCAM tape and frame-grabbed using iMovie software on an iMac personal computer. The resulting JPEG image files were approximately 8" x 6" at 72dpi. The files were brought into PhotoShop, reduced to 4"x3" at 144 dpi, and a minor amount of sharpening was added. Dr. Dan Fornari of Woods Hole's Geology & Geophysics Dept. describes the Super SeaCam 6000 as "Fantastic" and further states "I'm very encouraged by this result and it will go a long way towards satisfying the science requirement for publication quality images derived from framegrabs of digital video." Follow this link to the Dive and Discover web site for more information the the Central Indian Ridge Vents Expedition. |
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Frame grabs of video footage of seafloor hydrothermal vents from the Central Indian Ridge were provided by the scientists and technicians on the Central Indian Ridge Vents Expedition, on R/V Knorr KN162-13, Prof. Cindy Lee Van Dover, Chief Scientist. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) operates ROV Jason and R/V Knorr. The research was supported by the United States National Science Foundation. |
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For more information on Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and their ongoing projects, be sure to visit their website at: www.whoi.edu |
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