Realistic Images from Hydrothermal Plume Data
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This project attempts to produce realistic images of the hydrothermal plumes (discharges of hot water and minerals from seafloor vents) by rendering sonar data of the plume. Potentially, these images can facilitate research and understanding of hydrothermal plumes in several ways. For comparison, we include still images from the IMAX movie Volcanoes of the Deep Sea, as well as images taken on earlier research dives.
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Please click here to download our paper.
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Animated Renders |
| Click here for an animation in which the camera moves around the plume (~1MB) |
| Click here for an animation of a data series taken over a period of 24 hours (~2.2MB) |
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Comparison of Rendering Results with Real Camera Images |
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Normal research dive image |
Rendering produced by this model with five lights |
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IMAX movie image |
Rendering produced by this model, with the camera and five lights very close to the plume |
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS |
| The giant screen film, Volcanoes of the Deep Sea, is a production of the Stephen Low Company and Rutgers University (http://www.volcanoesofthedeepsea.com). The images shown here are from a DVD of the movie and a video version of the original footage. We thank Drew Reed for his assistance in extracting high resolution images from the VIP2000 research video coverage and the Volcanoes of the Deep Sea video footage. This material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. ACI-0312272. |
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| Last updated 10/18/2004 |
