Uploaded June 2019 | Updated September 2026, 17 minutes ago

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Axial Seamount 2015 Expedition video highlights from ROV Jason dive J2-820, including collection of samples from the 2015 lava flows on the north rift zone, fluids from hydrothermal vents (including some where vent animals have already colonized), and microbial mats on the new lavas.

Video by Jesse Crowell in association with Saskia Madlener at 77th Parallel Productions. Music by James Andrew Menking.

Learn more about the cruise at axial2015.blogspot.com