Web Gallery of Bottom Photos acquired with the WHOI TowCam at the Lau Back-arc Basin during the Kilo Moana expedition KM0417 (2004)

This data set was acquired with a Nikon Coolpix 995 Digital Camera on TowCam during Kilo Moana expedition KM0417 conducted in 2004 (Chief Scientist: Dr. Charles Langmuir; Investigator(s): Dr. Daniel Fornari). Data were acquired as part of the project(s): LAUB-FLEX: Deep Circulation and Dispersal in the Lau Basin using Floats, Integrated Hydrothermal and Petrological Studies of the Eastern Lau Spreading Center, and Venture Deep Ocean, Lau Basin Expedition 2 of 5, and funding was provided by NSF grant(s): OCE02-41716, OCE02-41785, OCE02-41909, OCE02-41913, OCE02-42114, OCE02-42618, OCE02-42675, and OCE02-42902.

本数据集由搭载于TowCam的尼康Coolpix 995数码相机，于2004年执行的基洛莫阿纳（Kilo Moana）航次KM0417期间采集。本次航次首席科学家为查尔斯·兰缪尔（Charles Langmuir）博士，科研人员为丹尼尔·福尔纳里（Daniel Fornari）博士。数据采集隶属于以下项目：LAUB-FLEX：利用浮标开展劳盆地深部环流与扩散研究、东劳扩张中心综合热液与岩石学研究，以及‘Venture Deep Ocean’劳盆地第2/5次科考航次。经费由美国国家科学基金会（National Science Foundation，NSF）的以下资助项目提供：OCE02-41716、OCE02-41785、OCE02-41909、OCE02-41913、OCE02-42114、OCE02-42618、OCE02-42675及OCE02-42902。