Until recently, the Galápagos platform and the surrounding deep-water seamounts had not been explored using modern, high-resolution survey and sampling methods. The team utilized a multibeam sonar system mounted on Alucia’s hull and a side-scan sonar on a REMUS 600. The bathymetry comparison above is from an area south of Floreana Island, Galápagos . The top image is pre-cruise bathymetry with a resolution of ~1km per pixel. The bottom image shows bathymetry that was mapped during the August exp