Beyond the Blue: Johnston Atoll Mapping

(EX2405, EX2406)

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Four people in a control room working at computers, smiling and collaborating.

Mapping Training

Bathymetric Map – Johnston Atoll

Explorers-in-Training

Explorers-in-Training

Person on a ship's deck holding a black cylindrical instrument, wearing an orange life vest, with the ocean and a clear sky in the background.

Explorer-in-Training Abby Norstad

A bathymetric map of an underwater area showing seamounts, a channel, and a linear ridge indicated by different colors.

Bathymetric Map

Three people in a control room with multiple monitors, wearing headsets.

Live Interaction

Explorer-in-Training Abby Norstad in the control room of NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer

Explorer-in-Training Abby Norstad

Explorer-in-Training Gina Knox tours the bridge on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. The light is red to preserve night vision.

Picture of the night sky from NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer.

Three people standing on a vessel, with the sea and cloudy sky in the background.

Explorers-in-Training

Actively venting hydrothermal vent chimney shrouded in black smoke and covered with vent animals.

Active Hydrothermal Vent

This large bubblegum coral (Paragorgia arborea) was observed during Dive 19 of the 2021 North Atlantic Stepping Stones expedition.

Bubblegum Coral (Paragorgia Arborea)

A bloody belly comb jelly (ctenophore) — or possibly a different, new red-belly comb jelly.

Bloody Belly Comb Jelly (Ctenophore)

Explorers-in-Training (from left to right) Abby Norstad, Nathanael Mathis, and Gina Knox jump for joy on the back deck of NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, demonstrating their enthusiasm for their at-sea experience with NOAA Ocean Exploration.

Explorers-in-Training Jumping

NOAA Ocean Exploration Internship Program Coordinator Jesse Gwinn with her in-progress bathymetry blanket.

Jesse Gwinn and Her Bathymetry Blanket

NOAA Ocean Exploration Internship Program Coordinator Jesse Gwinn with her in-progress bathymetry blanket.

Bathymetry Blanket Diagram

The bathymetry blanket helps us communicate the importance of NOAA Ocean Exploration’s work in ocean mapping with new audiences, both human and pet. Models: Doug Gwinn (canine) and Meechi Dulskiy (feline).

Bathymetry Blanket and Friends

”Exploring

Bathymetry Blanket in Use

Expedition Coordinator Thomas Morrow checks out the sea and a beautiful sky from the back deck of NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer.

Thomas Morrow on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer"

NOAA Ocean Ship Okeanos Explorer in Hilo, Hawai'i, before leaving for the second Beyond the Blue: Johnston Atoll Mapping expedition.

NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer in Hilo, Hawai‘i"

NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer Docked at Ford Island in Honolulu, Hawai‘i, at the start of the first of the two expeditions.

NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer Docked at Ford Island"