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Here is Ms. Zsoldos herself in Alvin on the bottom of
the ocean on Tuesday, Oct. 29. |
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Dr. Craig Taylor from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is
happy with the results of the black smoker chimney collection. |
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A
shot taken by pilot Blee Williams of pillow lava while down in
Alvin. |
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The Bio 9 site at East Pacific Rise, 9°N, 104°W. Photo
taken by Blee Williams. |
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Shots of Bio 9 site from Alvin. Photo by Blee Williams.
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Picture taken from inside the sub of Alvin working. Photo
by Blee Williams. |
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Expedition leader Pat Hickey on the phone in Alvin's
top lab where the communication with the sub occurs during the
dive.
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is a picture of one of the experiments that went down on the sub
yesterday. This is the "before" shot of the bottles. |
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Hepsi
Zsoldos heading to the stairs to board Alvin. |
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Hepsi getting in Alvin for her first dive. |
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Meanwhile ih the shipboard lab, Amir and Barb work on some of the
worms to prep some RNA. |
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Dr.
Craig Cary on the top deck of Atlantis talking on the
first phone call with the schools. |
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Expedition leader Pat Hickey on the phone in the top deck coordinating
the first "Phone Call to the Deep."
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Chrissy van Hilst, Tony Tarantino, and Laura Zirelli listening in
on the first "Phone Call to the Deep" on Atlantis's
top deck. |
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After eight hours on the seafloor, Hepsi Zsoldos and Dr. Craig Taylor
emerge from DSV Alvin. |
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As
is the custom on Atlantis, Hepsi gets drenched in 15
gallons of ice water after her first dive! |
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To
warm up, Hepsi jumped in the deck pool. |
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Barb dissects the worms to get her samples. Here is a great shot
she took during her dissection. Photo by Barb Campbell. |
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This
is the Costa Rican fishing boat that we made contact with today. |
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This is a shot of the Avon (the name of our inflatable
zodiac boat) heading over to the Costa Rican fishing boat to deliver
toilet paper and beans. |
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After
hours of anticipation, many scientists abandoned their work for
a few minutes to watch the "toilet paper parade." |
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After delivering the goods, the Avon returns with dinner. |
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The Avon pulled up to Atlantis, and we all got
a view of the gifts from the fishing boat — two HUGE fish
that were laying in the bottom of Avon. |
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Rob Hill holding one of the fish — a mahi mahi (also known
as the dolphin fish, not the mammal) we acquired in our trade. |
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Rob
Hill and Ken Rand with the fish. And this is the smaller fish
of the two!
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