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Positioned in front of a natural oil seep, this video camera is capturing images of the black oil bubbling up from beneath the sea floor. A light mounted to the frame helps see what is happening in the dark on the sea floor.

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How Oil Feeds the Deep Sea

November 2014

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A remotely operated vehicle (ROV) recovers a volcano monitor from an underwater observatory.

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ROV Recovers Volcano Monitor

January 2010

NOAA’s New Millennium Observatory was set up to study geologic, chemical, and biologic interactions along the mid-ocean ridge system. Here, a remotely operated vehicle (ROPOS) recovers a volcano monitor in the Juan de Fuca Ridge in the Pacific, west of Oregon.

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Studying the Mid-Ocean Ridge

January 2010