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Lost City 2005
The Lost City 2005
July 17 - August 4, 2005
This
exploration introduced a new methodology for marine fieldwork.
Scientists used satellites to view and analyze data without
being on a ship at sea.Live pictures of the white chimneys
of Lost City will travel from 2,100 feet below sealevel
to the NOAA ship Ronald H. Brown, across the Atlantic Ocean
to the University of Rhode Island and then across
the USA to scientists at University of Washington
in Seattle.
 This
diagram shows how video and data will be transmitted between
the NOAA ship Ronald H. Brown, via satellite and
Internet 2, to the Inner Space Center at URI, the University
of Washington, and other participating sites.In less
than 2 seconds live video will have traveled over 5,000 miles.
With new technology, many scientists and students will be
able to view and analyze data without being on a ship at sea.
It is the introduction of a new methodology for marine fieldwork.
On this expedition our underwater cameras will explore Lost
City.
Space
shot to our own planet: ROV Hercules approaches a ghostly,
white, carbonate spire in the Lost City Hydrothermal Field,
about 2500 feet below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean.
In
2000 a remarkable discovery occurred. Cruising over a large
mountain west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge scientists
using underwater cameras sighted strange 90 to 200 foot white
towers. This was the discovery of a completely new kind of
underwater hot spring environment unlike any seen before.
We now call these springs the Lost City Hydrothermal Field
(LCHF). This expedition will explore LCHF 24-hours a day for
10 days using IFE's Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV's) Argus
and Hercules and immediately transmitting that data to scientists
on-shore.
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