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Last updated Monday, April 19, 2004

Photo Album 6

Photos of the first recovery/deployment of a buoy
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Earl spooling in the rope attached to the old buoy that we are recovering
Ben and Brian carefully getting the old buoy onto the deck
Brian helping to bring in the old buoy
The whole crew bringing the buoy on board
From the left, Brian, Roger, Doug, and Ben helping to cut the mass of fishing line that was wrapped around the buoy's line (the line probably helped account for the buoy being about 10 miles from where it should have been)
The crew spooling in the plastic-covered wire line that has the thermometer pods on it every so often that are being recovered - Ben (in the blue shorts) is carrying a white "Thermister" in his hand that has just been taken off the line
The crew spooling the wire. In the background are many spools of the nylon rope that will be used to attach to the buoys below the wire to the anchors (it takes about 1 spool of wire and 5 spools of nylon per buoy)
Raye Foster of MBARI scraping off the barnacles from the wire basket below the buoy
Me, Dana, helping Raye scrape off over 2000 barnacles (yes, she has to count them)
Lifting the new buoy off the side for deployment (notice this one has an anemometer, because the one we pulled out lost its at sea)
The crane (one of several on the ship) lifting the buoy even farther out to place on the ocean's surface - notice that there are several lines attached to steady it
The view of the deployment from the "crow's nest." You can see the buoy between the A frame on the left. The scientists are attaching a thermometer pod to the wire line.

 

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