Photo & Video Log
This page contains photos and videos taken during the Florida Coast Deep Corals Exploration that took place November 7 - 21, 2005. Click on any image to view a larger version and for additional information. If a movie camera icon is present, a QuickTime video can be viewed by clicking on the image. Other video formats are available on the linked pages.
If a slideshow icon is present, a visual log of exploration images can be viewed. You can scroll through them one by one, or select the play button for an automatic slideshow.
(HR) = "High Resolution" images available.
Video & Slideshows
November 20
Lophelia corals were particularly abundant along the terrace escarpment's west ridge top edge. (Quicktime, 1.1 Mb)
November 19
The last segment depicts collection of one of the snails with the submersible's suction tube. (Quicktime, 1.0 Mb)
November 19
Eight specimens of slit-shell snails collected in the day's submersible dive await milking. (Quicktime, 824 Kb)
November 18
A large school of mackerel which appeared to follow the submersible for almost half an hour around the deep coral reef. (Quicktime, 1 Mb)
November 18
A sand tiger shark that had apparently sustained scrapes on its nose from unknown causes. (Quicktime, 1.6 Mb)
November 17
The marine snow floating in the water during the dive shown here reduced visibility. (Quicktime, 788 Kb)
November 15
Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) riding the bow wave of the R/V Seward Johnson as the sun rises. (Quicktime, 1 Mb)
November 13
Dr. Jim Thomas shows pieces of the just-collected Hexactinellid sponge. (Quicktime, 844 Kb)
November 12
Using the claw arm of the Johnson-Sea-Link to collect a purple gorgonian coral at about 2500 ft. (Quicktime, 936 Kb)
November 11
This ocean sunfish was about 5 feer long and probably weighed 300-500 pounds. (Quicktime, 1.2 Mb)
November 11
Interaction between a 10-12 foot golden crab and an 8-foot roughtail catshark. (Quicktime, 612 Kb)
November 10
The "fuzzy trees" mystery creatures living on recently-dead Lophelia coral at about 2,500 feet. (Quicktime, 684 Kb)
November 8
These images are from video footage taken by a camera mounted on the Johnson-Sea-Link submersible. (Quicktime, 1.3 Mb)
Images
November 20
Solenosmilia variabilis coral. We believe this is the first record of this coral in this region. (HR)
November 19
The Lovely Slit Shell, Perotrochus amabilis inhabits a rubble strewn area between 850 and 700 ft. (HR)
November 18
A single wreckfish on the left and a school of barrelfish swim onto the crest of Miami Terrace.
November 17
The sea as it looked from our starboard side on Monday and Tuesday, sloshing over our deck and making submersible dives impossible. (HR)
November 17
Delicate purple octocoral polyps provide some color among the brown of standing dead coral.
November 11
Rattails (family Macrouridae) appear to have a predictable association with Lophelia coral reefs.
November 10
A specimen of Keratoisis bamboo coral inside the collection box of the Johnson-Sea-Link submersible. (HR)
November 9
This is the largest colony of white bamboo coral (Keratoisis flexibilis) that Mr. Reed has seen to date. (HR)
November 7
The Marine Science Building at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute in Ft. Pierce, Florida.
November 7
Sailfish Point, Florida, where the St. Lucie River flows from the inlet into the Atlantic Ocean.