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Last updated Thursday, August 18, 2005

Photo Album 10

Experiment results, working on the deck, staterooms and the bridge

The cup on the right used to look like the cup on the left before it went down with the CTD machine to almost 3500 meters!!
This is me, Dana, working the spool of line while bringing in the wayward buoy at around 6oS 111oW (it was supposed to be at 5oS 110oW).
Here I am, Dana, interviewing scientist Ben Moore for our live webfeed off the buoy deck on 15Mar02 - first time NOAA has ever had a lived broadcast outside
This is the buoy dedicated to "Education in America" being deployed at 8oS 110oW, signed on the NOAA sticker on the central cylinder by Cmdr. Tisch, Dr. McPhaden and me, Dana.
The is scientist Brian Powers getting the acoustic release ready to go down (next is the anchor and we're done deploying), assisted by seaman Les Leighton. See Ben Moore's colorful hard hat in the foreground!!
Here are the four rescue crew members attending to the
The rescue team about to come aboard in the RHIB with the "man" overboard laying forward. Kamaka is driving, Doug is about to attach to the ship, Steve is attending the "man" and Ian is supervising. :-) Me, Dana, on my bunk in my stateroom - pretty comfy! A view of my stateroom from my bunk
At the bridge: Earl looking out through binoculars at the weather ahead.   A beautiful rainbow after some showers at about 1600

 

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