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Last updated Monday, April 19, 2004

Photo Album 22

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Here is the first spectacular sunset of the cruise - the colors blended beautifully.
These flotation devices are inserted inside the buoy to provide additional buoyancy along the equator where strong currents tend to pull down the buoys.
Luvance and Earl control the winch that lowers and raises the Conductivity-Temperature-Depth package within the water.
Nadia and I share bookcases and a desk within our stateroom. Aaahhh - a gorgeous red sunset over the Pacific. This is our stateroom - Nadia has the bottom bunk and I've got the top.
This is one of the tanks where fresh water is produced on board. Saline water goes through a process whereby the steam that's produced is captured while the salt is left behind. Fresh water is sprayed over the CTD cable after it emerges from the ocean's depth.  

 

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