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Mapping Expedition to Papahānaumokuākea Returns Photos
![3-D maps of Turnif Seamount and Wentworth Seamount.](/images/news_imgs/falkor2_sml.jpg)
3-D maps of Turnif Seamount (left; Credit: Chris Kelley/HURL) and Wentworth Seamount (right; Credit: Colleen Peters/SOI) based on newly gathered sonar data.
![Researchers deploying the CTD unit (Conductivity, Temperature, Depth).](/images/news_imgs/falkor4_sml.jpg)
Researchers deploying the CTD unit (Conductivity, Temperature, Depth) used to support sonar mapping on the R/V
Falkor. Credit: Dan Wagner/NOAA
![Scientists aboard the R/V Falkor set out to map PMNM’s largely uncharted seafloor.](/images/news_imgs/falkor1_sml.jpg)
Scientists aboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s R/V
Falkor set out to map PMNM’s largely uncharted seafloor. Credit: Debbie Nail Meyer/Schmidt Ocean Institute
![A view of the aft deck of the R/V Falkor.](/images/news_imgs/falkor5_sml.jpg)
A view of the aft deck of the R/V
Falkor. Credit: Toni Parras/NOAA
![A view of the sonar mapping control room aboard the R/V Falkor.](/images/news_imgs/falkor3_sml.jpg)
A view of the sonar mapping control room aboard the R/V
Falkor. Credit: Daniel Wagner/NOAA
![Chief scientist Christopher Kelley monitoring incoming data in the sonar control room.](/images/news_imgs/falkor8_sml.jpg)
Chief scientist Christopher Kelley monitoring incoming data in the sonar control room. Credit: Daniel Wagner/NOAA
![Colleen Peters attending the systems in the sonar control room on the R/V Falkor.](/images/news_imgs/falkor6_sml.jpg)
Colleen Peters, Schmidt Ocean Institute marine technician, attending the systems in the sonar control room on the R/V
Falkor. Credit: Toni Parras/NOAA
![A 3-D rendering of the sonar data from Midway Atoll.](/images/news_imgs/falkor12_sml.jpg)
A 3-D rendering of the sonar data from Midway Atoll. Credit: Jonathan Tree/SOI
![Mysterious crater mapped off the southeast of Maro Reef by the R/V Falkor.](/images/news_imgs/falkor9_sml.jpg)
Mysterious crater mapped off the southeast of Maro Reef by the R/V
Falkor. Although it appears unlikely, the perfectly round shaped crater looks more like a meteorite impact crater than an undersea volcano. Credit: John Smith/HURL
![Mysterious crater mapped off the southeast of Maro Reef by the R/V Falkor.](/images/news_imgs/falkor10_sml.jpg)
Mysterious crater mapped off the southeast of Maro Reef by the R/V
Falkor. Although it appears unlikely, the perfectly round shaped crater looks more like a meteorite impact crater than an undersea volcano. Credit: Colleen Peters/SOI