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| Figure 17. Map of the locations of photographs in the study area taken during U.S. Geological Survey cruise 2014-046-FA. |
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| Figure 18. Photograph of a sandy sea floor at station 324-10. |
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| Figure 19. Photograph of exposed bedrock on the sea floor at station 324-9. |
Bottom Photography Several minutes of video and between two and seven still photographs were obtained at each station as the RV Rafael drifted over the sea floor (fig. 17). Bottom photography shows that silty areas tend to be characterized by numerous burrows in the sea floor, sandy areas commonly exhibit current-formed sand ripples and mobile marine life (such as worms, amphipods, sand dollars, and crabs; fig. 18), and areas with boulders and bedrock tend to be covered with algae, sponges, and hydrozoans (fig. 19).
Low-resolution images (150 x 113 pixels) of the photographs may be viewed by browsing the thumbnails in the “Photograph Gallery” section. These thumbnails are linked to medium-resolution images (600 x 450 pixels) for more detailed viewing. A .zip file with all the medium-resolution images is also available with this report. The .zip file also contains metadata about the photographs and their acquisition. In addition, a .zip file containing the full-resolution images (3,648 x 2,736 pixels) and metadata is also part of this report. The images can be identified by using the .jpg image names in the “Photograph Gallery” section.
Photograph Gallery
Station / Lithologic Description
324-1 / Current-rippled sand with scattered shells and shell hash. |
324-1a |
324-1b |
324-1c |
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324-1d |
324-1e |
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324-2 / Sandy silt with burrows, kelp and other algae, worm tubes, and shells. |
324-2a |
324-2b
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324-3 / Silty sand with shell hash and amphipods. |
324-3a |
324-3b |
324-3c |
324-3d
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324-4 / Silty sand with burrows, worm tubes, amphipods, hermit crabs, shells, and animal tracks. |
324-4a |
324-4b |
324-4c |
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324-4d |
324-4e |
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324-5 / Bedrock covered with kelp and other algae, with patches of sand and shells. |
324-5a |
324-5b
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324-6 / Bedrock covered with kelp and other algae. Fish are present. |
324-6a |
324-6b |
324-6c |
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324-6d |
324-6e
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324-7 / Silty sand with burrows, animal tracks, and fan worms. |
324-7a |
324-7b |
324-7c
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324-7d |
324-8 / Sandy silt with burrows, amphipods, fan worms, animal tracks, and fish. |
324-8a |
324-8b |
324-8c |
324-8d |
324-8e |
324-8f
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324-9 / Bedrock and boulders covered with algae, hydrozoans, sponges, and coral. Fish, starfish, shells, and worm tubes are present. |
324-9a |
324-9b |
324-9c |
324-9d |
324-9e |
324-9f
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324-10 / Current-rippled and burrowed sand with fish, abundant sand dollars, and tracks. |
324-10a |
324-10b |
324-10c |
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324-10d |
324-10e
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324-11 / Bedrock with patches of sand and gravel. Rock is covered with sponges and (or) tunicates, coral, kelp, and other algae. Fish are present. |
324-11a |
324-11b |
324-11c |
324-11d |
324-11e |
324-11f |
324-11g |
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324-12 / Bedrock covered with algae and sponges and (or) tunicates. Kelp and fish are present. |
324-12a |
324-12b |
324-12c |
324-12d |
324-12e |
324-12f |
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324-13 / Current-rippled gravel and sand with patches of cobbles. Shells, worm tubes, and kelp are present. |
324-13a |
324-13b |
324-13c |
324-13d |
324-13e |
324-13f
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324-14 / Current-rippled sand with burrows, animal tracks, amphipods, and worm tubes. |
324-14a |
324-14b |
324-14c
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324-14d |
324-14e
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324-15 / Bedrock covered with kelp and other algae. |
324-15a |
324-15b |
324-15c |
324-15d |
324-15e |
324-15f
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324-16 / Current-rippled sand with burrows and animal tracks. Shell hash, hermit crabs, algae, and sand dollars are present. |
324-16a |
324-16b |
324-16c |
324-16d
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324-17 / Sandy silt with burrows, animal tracks, fan worms, and scattered shell hash. |
324-17a |
324-17b |
324-17c |
324-17d
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324-18 / Burrowed sand with scattered shell hash. Hydrozoans, clams, fish, kelp, and other algae are present. |
324-18a |
324-18b |
324-18c |
324-18d |
324-18e |
324-18f
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324-18g |
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324-19 / Burrowed sand with shell hash and algae. |
324-19a |
324-19b |
324-19c |
324-19d
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324-20 / Gravelly sediment with crabs, shells, algae, and kelp attached to cobbles. |
324-20a |
324-20b |
324-20c |
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324-20d |
324-20e |
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324-21 / Burrowed sand with algae and scattered shell hash. |
324-21a |
324-21b |
324-21c |
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324-21d |
324-21e |
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U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
