Monday, February 7, 2005...

We had our first full day of Jason II operations, imaging the upper ocean crust (see photo of sheeted dike complex) and collecting rock samples using the vehicle’s mechanical arms. When Jason’s sample baskets were full, the baskets were transported to the surface, rising buoyantly using “elevators.” After the samples were unloaded on deck, the baskets were sent back down to the ocean floor to continue sample collection.