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today’s science meeting, Tim
debriefs us about yesterday’s dive. |
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As visual support for Tim’s discussion, Pat
draws a detailed “map” of the site they visited yesterday — Alvin
pilot turned Picasso! |
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| Irene
knits while she listens in to the science meeting.
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Thanks to Andrea
and Monika,
the Cavanaugh lab gets decorated for St. Nicholas Day, a holiday
celebrated in Austria on Dec. 6. Andrea shows their version of
Santa Claus. |
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| Pete
filters water samples trying to find deep-sea protozoans (single-celled
organisms). |
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| The
“monster-sized” water filtration pump. Shannon
used the filtered water to make viral concentrates.
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| Group
of scientists awaiting Alvin’s recovery.
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| Kay
is a great sport after her “initiation” today — four buckets of
water AND tossed in the pool! Just moments before, she splashed
Brian with water as a little payback for his part in her dunking.
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| “The
picture of patience” is how Ken
describes himself as he waits for the scientists to clear the
area around Alvin’s basket before he tries to retrieve
his samples. |
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| Monika
pulls the Riftia out of their tubes before putting them
in a bucket of cold water. Look at the size of it!
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Anthony
(an Alvin pilot) is fascinated by a deep-sea crab
that makes it to the surface alive! This one's a female, and she’s
a pincher! |
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After a long day of work, Monica
Hill (electrician) kicks her feet up in the SSSG office.
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| Chrissy
undergoes the task of “reterminating” the CTD (see
her journal entry for details), which is a 22-step process
that can take about 4 hours. Here she uses a blowtorch to melt
metal inside the termination, which is the point where the CTD
gets lifted. She comments that melting stuff is one of the best
parts of her job. |
Here are some additional images from yesterday's Alvin
dive — Dive # 3946 (December 5)
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| Landscape
shot of deep-sea mussel beds. |
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| View
of Alvin’s basket loaded with “bio boxes,” where
samples will be placed and brought back to the surface.
The Large Volume Water Sampler (LVWS) is nearby (see “Neat
Stuff” for Dec. 2 for details). |
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Alvin’s manipulator (“arm”) places a device in
a tubeworm colony. |
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| Close-up
shot of some barer areas of seafloor. |
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