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Filmmaker Mike deGruy carefully positions the HDTV camera on Alvin in preparation for tomorrow's dive (photo by Bill Reeve). Mussel bed and water sampling gear aboard Alvin's science platform (photo by Bill Reeve). Part of a black smoker chimney is recovered by the submersible (photo by Bill Reeve).
Susan received an added first-dive "bonus" - a dunking in the ship's makeshift saltwater pool! Yesterday's octopus comes back to investigate Alvin and its passengers (photo by WHOI). Swimmers dive off Alvin's "turtle deck" as the submersible is raised by the A-frame (photo by Bill Reeve).
With the tow winch broken, Alvin's towline is rigged to a capstan and reeled in (photo by Bill Reeve). Tubeworms cling to the side of a chimney at a vent site appropriately named "tubeworm pillar" (photo by WHOI).  

 
 
 
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