VISION05 First Live Transmission of High Definition Imagery from Sea
An early example of the kind of excitement that NEPTUNE will bring to ocean science education was the VISIONS05 expedition to the underwater volcanoes of the Northeast Pacific, which took place in September/October 2005.
In collaboration with the ResearchChannel, VISIONS05 featured the first real-time broadcast of high-definition video from the seafloor. Portions of these broadcasts and other NEPTUNE-related videos may be viewed on the ResearchChannel website.
Led by co-chief scientists and University of Washington Professors of Oceanography John R. Delaney and Deborah S. Kelley, VISIONS05 involved several complex programs with science parties and science teachers from multiple institutions in the U.S. and Canada.
The geographical focus of the expedition was one of the most geologically and biologically active sites in the global network of mid-ocean ridges: the suite of undersea hot springs associated with the volcanoes located in the Endeavour hydrothermal field at the northern end of the Juan de Fuca Ridge.
