The first live video broadcast from the undersea wonderland 200 miles off the Washington coast is available today.
Dotted with spires that spew inky plumes of 700-degree water, the Endeavor segment of the Juan de Fuca ridge is one of the most active sites on the seafloor.
A team of Seattle-based researchers has been studying the area for the past five weeks and will narrate the broadcast via the Internet. Images will be transmitted via satellite and bad weather could disrupt the broadcast.
Computer users can watch live Webcasts at www.researchchannel.org/visions05, www.uwtv.org or at www.nsf.com.
A narrated segment will run from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. today and live images without narration will be shown from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Research Channel site.
