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VIDEO ARCHIVES: PREVIOUS ROV DIVES
Health Diagnostics of Deep-Sea Coral
April 2023
ROV SuBastian:
Atlantic Ocean,
off the coast of Puerto Rico
In Search of Hydrothermal Lost Cities
March / April 2023
ROV SuBastian:
Atlantic Ocean,
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Designing
the Future 2
August 2021
ROV SuBastian:
Off the coast of Southern California
Pacific Ocean
Biodiverse
Borderlands
July / August 2021
ROV SuBastian:
Southern California Borderland (SCB)
Pacific Ocean
Interdisciplinary Investigation
of the Pescadero Basin
October 2021
ROV SuBastian:
Pacific Ocean,
Gulf of California
Discovering
Deep-Sea
Corals of the Phoenix Islands 2
June 2021
ROV SuBastian:
Pacific Ocean, Phoenix Islands, PIPA, United States Pacific Remote Islands National Marine Monument
Australian Mesophotic Coral Examination
April 2021
ROV SuBastian:
Ashmore Reef Marine Park, North West Shelf
South Indian Ocean
Northern Depths of the Great Barrier Reef
September / October 2020
ROV SuBastian:
Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea
South Pacific Ocean
Seamounts, Canyons & Reefs of the Coral Sea
August 2020
ROV SuBastian:
Queensland Plateau, Coral Sea
South Pacific Ocean
Visioning the Coral Sea Marine Park
May 2020
ROV SuBastian:
Queensland Plateau, Coral Sea
South Pacific Ocean
Illuminating Biodiversity of the Ningaloo Canyons
March 2020
ROV SuBastian:
Eastern Indian Ocean, Ningaloo Canyons
The Great Australian Deep-Sea Coral and Canyon Adventure
January / February 2020
ROV SuBastian:
Indian Ocean, off South West Australia
Necker Ridge: Bridge or Barrier?
September 2019
ROV SuBastian:
Central Pacific Ocean
Deep Coral Diversity at the Emperor Seamount Chain 2019
July 2019
ROV SuBastian:
Northern Pacific Ocean, in the Emperor Seamount Chain
Observing Methane Seeps at the Edge of Hydrate Stability
June 2019
ROV SuBastian:
Northeastern Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Oregon
Microbial Mysteries: Linking Microbial Communities and Environmental Drivers
February 2019
ROV SuBastian:
Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California
Costa Rican Deep Sea
Connections
January 2019
ROV SuBastian:
Pacific Ocean, off Costa Rica
New Approaches To Autonomous Exploration At The Costa Rican Shelf Break
December 2018
ROV SuBastian:
Pacific Ocean, off Costa Rica
Interdisciplinary Investigation of a New Hydrothermal Vent Field
November 2018
ROV SuBastian:
Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California
Characterizing Venting and Seepage Along the California Coast
October 2018
ROV SuBastian:
Pacific Ocean, The Southern California Borderland
Hunting Bubbles: Understanding Plumes of Seafloor Methane
August 2018
ROV SuBastian:
The Southern Hydrate Ridge in the Northeastern Pacific Ocean off the coast of Oregon
Adaptive Robotics
August 2018
ROV SuBastian:
Hydrate Ridge
Voyage to the White Shark Café
May 2018
ROV SuBastian:
Mid-Pacific Ocean
Underwater Fire: Studying the Submarine Volcanoes of Tonga
December 2017
ROV SuBastian:
The Mata Volcano group, Southwest Pacific in Tongan waters
Discovering Deep Sea Corals of the Phoenix Islands
October 2017
ROV SuBastian:
Phoenix Islands Protected Area, Kiribati
Unraveling Ancient Sea Level Secrets
September 2017
ROV SuBastian:
Hawaiian waters, Palmyra Atoll, Kingman Reef
Searching For Life on the Mariana Back-Arc
December 2016
ROV SuBastian:
Mariana Back-Arc
Ecosystem Dynamics of Hydrothermal Vent Communities
April 2016
ROV ROPOS:
Eastern Lau Spreading Center (Deep sea hydrothermal vents in between Fiji and Tonga)
Virtual Vents: The Changing Face of Hydrothermalism Revealed
March, April 2016
ROV ROPOS:
Eastern Lau Spreading Center (Deep sea hydrothermal vents in between Fiji and Tonga)
Timor Sea Reef Connections
April 2015
SAAB SeaEye Falcon ROV:
Scott Reef, Timor Sea
Perth Canyon: First Deep Exploration
March 2015
ROV Comanche:
Perth Canyon, Western Australia
Open Ocean to Inner Sea Leg Two
September 2013
ROV ROPOS:
Salish Sea, West Coast of Canada
