Just letting you all know what happened during the night again. Oly 2 is currently showing what appear to be methane bubbles occasionally rising. They almost look like rockets, since they can leave a trail. They head in one direction and do not stop. Sometimes they become dark colored on the way up due to lighting effects. Normally silver white colored. They leave a trail that looks like gas shimmer in water. The shimmer persists for a few seconds. So I do not think they are those sediment mud creatures that we have seen rise out of the sediments before. The ROV is following them as they rise from various sea floor locations and travel upward. Trying to get good focus on them is difficult since they move fairly quick. Also looks like there is wreckage in the area so this may be where parts of the old drill rig fell. Location is NW of BOP. Depth is 4984 feet. Bubbles rising at the rate of one every 1 to 2 seconds per video display area. The bubbles do not appear to be increasing in size on the way up. Could be due to the trail left behind. Perhaps they are partially dissolving into the seawater ? The ground is also flashing white occasionally in spots and that could be where the bubble breaks through.
These are definitely not mud creatures, every single bubble takes the same path in relation to the ROV point of view. Individual creatures can typically travel in different pathways.