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This media resources page provides members of the media with broadcast, print and web-quality imagery created by NOAA's Office of Ocean Exploration and Research for the INDEX 2010: “Indonesia-USA Deep-Sea Exploration of the Sangihe Talaud Region”.

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Selected Still Images, Videos and Animation Through July 16, 2010, For Media

Selected Still Images

1. Okeanos Explorer (jpg, 4.2 Mb)
   NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. Image courtesy ofNOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, INDEX-SATAL 2010.
2. Baruna Jaya IV (jpg, 1.2 Mb)
   Indonesian research vessel Baruna Jaya IV. Image courtesy ofNOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, INDEX-SATAL 2010.
3. Area of Exploration (jpg, 277 Kb)
   Area of ocean exploration north of Sulawesi, near the Sangihe-Talaud island chains. Image courtesy ofNOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, INDEX-SATAL 2010.
4. Okeanos Explorer Control Room (jpg, 416 Kb)
   NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer Control Room while ROV operations are underway. Image courtesy ofNOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, INDEX-SATAL 2010.
5. Carnivorous Sponge (jpg, 2.1 Mb)
   This looks like a flower in a garden but scientists think this is likely a sponge - probably a "carnivorous sponge". The ROV imaged this at approximately 1,000 meters deep. Image courtesy ofNOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, INDEX-SATAL 2010.
6. Octopus (jpg, 1.9 Mb)
   This octopus was imaged at approximatey 1600 meters deep by the high-definition cameras on the ROV. Image courtesy ofNOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, INDEX-SATAL 2010.
7. Partnership (jpg, 5.2 Mb)
   Co-Principal Investigators Steve Hammond (left) and Sugiarta Wirasantosa (right) are in Jakarta's Exploration Command Center welcoming those at sea onboard NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer to Indonesian waters. During the course of the expedition, telepresence technology brought live images from the ship to scientists ashore via satellite and high-speed Internet pathways. Image courtesy ofNOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, INDEX-SATAL 2010.
8. Little Hercules ROV (jpg, 1.6 Mb)
   The Institute for Exploration's Little Hercules ROV, operated by NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer, nears active hydrothermal vent sites on the summit of Kawio Barat submarine volcano. Image courtesy ofNOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, INDEX-SATAL 2010.

Selected Video and Animation

1. Google Earth Virtual Tour
   NOAA and Google entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement to increase access and reach of NOAA data through the expertise and innovative tools at Google. This map and its products are a result of collaboration between NOAA and Google and establish a foundation for improving data and product integration and access. Video courtesy of Google,NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, INDEX-SATAL 2010.
2. 2010 AGU Conference Presentation Video
   An eight minute summary of INDEX 2010, this video provides an introduction to the Indonesia-USA partnership, and focuses heavily on spectacular benthic footage of the highly biodiverse Sangihe Talaud region, spanning the course of the expedition. Video courtesy ofNOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, INDEX-SATAL 2010.
   - Shot List (Word Document, 28 KB)
3. Kawio Barat Highlight Video
   This video shows just some of the stunning imagery captured by the high definition cameras on the Little Hercules ROV during the vehicle's dives down to Kawio Barat submarine volcano. During the descent to the location where plumes were discovered the previous day, the ROV encounters white plumes of warm sulphur-rich water and follows the plumes to their vent source amongst volcanic rock. Shrimp and limpets live among the strands of yellow and black sulphur, and feed on the bacteria that grow near the vents. Video courtesy ofNOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, INDEX-SATAL 2010.
4. Kawio Barat Animated Fly-Through
   An animated fly-through of the volcano Kawio Barat: (West Kawio), created from data obtained from the multibeam sonar on NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer. Animation courtesy ofNOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, INDEX-SATAL 2010.
5. INDEX 2010 Exploration Highlight Video
   Cameras on the ROV operated by NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer (the Institute of Exploration's "Little Hercules" ROV) and cameras on an accompanying camera sled that operates with the ROV, obtained these images on this video sequence.
   
   Note: Credit all Video Clips
   "Video courtesy ofNOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, INDEX-SATAL 2010"
   
   
   1. Hydrothermal vent sites on the Kawio Barat submarine volcano
   2. A second view of hydrothermal vents
   3. The ROV as imaged by a camera on the camera sled
   4. A sulfide chimney on Kawio Barat covered with stalked barnacles
   5. A view of a spectcular shrimp
   6. A second view of that shrimp
   7. A basket star
   8. An octopus, sometimes called the "Dumbo" octopus because its swimming appendages resemble the ears of Dumbo, a baby elephant in a childrens' story.
   9. A closer view of the octopus
   10. An view of a nudibranch
   11. A closer view of a nudibranch
   12. A very close view of the nudibranch

Pre-Expedition Media

Fact Sheets

1. Expedition Fact Sheet (English)
   - file name: (10index_fact_sheet.pdf)
2. Okeanos Explorer Fact Sheet (2 languages)
   - file name: (okeanos_explorer_fact_sheet.pdf)
   - file name: (okeanos_explorer_fact_sheet_bahasa.pdf)
3. NOAA Fact Sheet (2 languages)
   - file name: (noaa_fact_sheet.pdf)
   - file name: (noaa_fact_sheet_bahasa.pdf)
4. Corals Fact Sheet  (2 languages)
   - file name: (corals_fact_sheet.pdf)
   - file name: (corals_fact_sheet_bahasa.pdf)
5. Expedition Education Fact Sheet (2 languages)
   - file name: (10index_edu_fact_sheet.pdf)
   - file name: (10index_edu_fact_sheet_bahasa.pdf)
6. A Brochure for Students Asking them to Become a Duta Samudra, in Bahasa Indonesian only
   – file name: (duta_samudra_student_brochure.pdf)

Mission Images

1. Expedition logo
   - file name: (10index_signature_image_hires.jpg)
2. Artwork with expedition ships (2 languages)
   - file name: (expedition_ships_artwork_hires.jpg)
3. Image: U.S. Chief Scientist Dr. Stephen Hammond (left) and Indonesian Chief Scientist Dr. Sugiarta Wirasantosa shake hands
   at an expedition planning meeting
   - file name: (10index_principal_investigators_hires.jpg)
4. Image: Research and Fisheries vessel Baruna Jaya IV
   - file name: (baruna_jaya_iv_hires.jpg)
5. Image: NOAA Ocean Exploration ship Okeanos Explorer
   - file name: (ex_bow_starboard_side_hires.jpg)
6. Image: Okeanos Explorer's remotely-operated vehicle (ROV)
   - file name: (20100317_084800_slr_noaa.jpg)