Seafloor bottom photos acquired with the WHOI TowCam sled at the Lau Back-arc Basin during Kilo Moana cruise KM0417 (2004, investigator Daniel Fornari)

This data set was collected with a Nikon Coolpix 995 digital camera attached to the TowCam sled. The photographs are in JPEG format and were collected as part of the projects called 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. Funding was provided by NSF grants OCE02-41716, OCE02-41785, OCE02-41909, OCE02-41913, OCE02-42114, OCE02-42618, OCE02-42675, and OCE02-42902.