Trip Video - Banda Sea Sept 9-19, 2019

[Dan]

Finally I got time to put together a video from my last trip to Banda Sea:

 

[divinh]

Thanks for labeling. It makes it educational as well!

What's the gas given off at Bubble Reef?

 

[Dan]

Thanks for labeling. It makes it educational as well!

What's the gas given off at Bubble Reef?

I don’t know. Typically natural gas.

 

[chillyinCanada]

Volcano fissures

 

[divinh]

I was curious whether it was sampled to be CO, CO2, hydrogen sulfide, methane, etc...

 

[chillyinCanada]

I was curious whether it was sampled to be CO, CO2, hydrogen sulfide, methane, etc...

Sorry, I misunderstood whereas Dan seems to have understood you perfectly well.

 

[chillyinCanada]

Here you go, I've now read a couple of sites and this one explains it simply and as well as any of them:

Underwater Hot Springs around Bangka Island - Murex Dive Resorts

 

[Dan]

I was curious whether it was sampled to be CO, CO2, hydrogen sulfide, methane, etc...

You made me browsing through the internet and found this website, Geochemistry of hot springs and fumarolic gases from the Banda Arc and you are mostly correct.

“...The chemical and isotopic compositions of fumarolic gases from the active volcanoes Banda Api in the Banda Archipelago, Serawerna on Teon, Wurlali on Damar and Ili Lewotolo on Lomblen are reported here for the first time. The measured fumarolic gas temperatures ranged from 98°C to 170°C for Banda Api, Laworkawra, Legatala, Serawerna, Wurlali and Sirung volcanoes and reached 490°C for Ili Lewotolo volcano. The main gas components are H2O, CO2 and SO2; CO2 predominates over (SO2 + H2S). The calculated gas equilibrium temperature for Wurlali is 700°C and for Ili Lewotolo more than 1000°C.”

Bubble Reef is at Manuk (Bird) island coast. Manuk Island was one of the sites in Banda Sea that I have been wanted to dive to see the Banda Sea snakes, as shown in my video. I learned about it after watching Jonathan Bird of Blue World video about diving in this Manuk Island.

 

[aleem.k713]

I just got back from the Bandas with the same boat. It was a great trip and great crew.

 

[Dan]

I just got back from the Bandas with the same boat. It was a great trip and great crew.

Some of us took the advantage of the onboard WiFi access and conducted Real Time Blue Manta Review: Banda Sea 9 – 19 Sept 2019