Near-Bottom Stereo Photographs from the Lau Back-arc Basin acquired with ROV ROPOS during R/V Falkor expedition FK160407 (2016)

This data set was acquired with a Prosilica Digital Camera (a stereo pair of color and black and white 12-bit 1360 x 1024 Prosilica cameras in Deep Sea Power and Light housings) on ROV ROPOS during R/V Falkor expedition FK160407 conducted in 2016 (Chief Scientist: Dr. Charles Fisher, Investigator: Dr. Charles Fisher). These data files are of TIFF format and include Photograph data that have not been processed. Data were acquired as part of the project(s): Collaborative Research: Ecosystem dynamics of Western Pacific hydrothermal vent communities associated with polymetallic sulfide deposits. Ship time was provided by Schmidt Ocean Institute and additional funding was provided by NSF award(s): OCE15-36331, OCE15-36650, OCE15-36653, OCE15-37807.