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Lau Geomicrobiology: Winding down...
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Sunday, July 5, 2009. Things have started to wind down for a very busy cruise. In the past few days, we revisited Tui Malila and Mariner to retrieve the thermocouple arrays and fill in a few gaps in our samples. At each site we have had to retrieve transponders (devices that enable us to navigate accurately on the seafloor) and have had some difficulty locating these (will elaborate in a later blog! From Tin Can to Tested Contraption. Vent Fields of the Eastern Lau Spreading Center.
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Lau Geomicrobiology: 07/09
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Thursday, July 9, 2009. Monday, July 6, 2009. From Tin Can to Tested Contraption. One of the major challenges when sampling the deep waters is that all manipulations must be done with an arm which, even at maximum extension, has the grip force to pick up a 250lbs rock. . This ability is very useful when one wants to pick up a 250lbs rock; however, sampling feather-light sulfur beehives becomes somewhat of an ordeal. . Hard handling can result in a cloud of beehive dust. . The scientific community is a...
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Lau Geomicrobiology: From Tin Can to Tested Contraption
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Monday, July 6, 2009. From Tin Can to Tested Contraption. One of the major challenges when sampling the deep waters is that all manipulations must be done with an arm which, even at maximum extension, has the grip force to pick up a 250lbs rock. . This ability is very useful when one wants to pick up a 250lbs rock; however, sampling feather-light sulfur beehives becomes somewhat of an ordeal. . Hard handling can result in a cloud of beehive dust. . The scientific community is agog, fueled by the buzz ...
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Lau Geomicrobiology: A Mess-y Meal
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Friday, July 3, 2009. The origin of the word mess, comes from Old French, mes. Meaning portion of food. . The mess onboard the Thompson. Doesn’t just serve a portion of food. . It serves many. . The steward (Sherry), 2. Cook (Sarah) and Mess Assistant (Michael) manage to feed the scientists and the crew high quality, nutrious food three times a day. . And they still have time to make chocolate cake with maple-walnut frosting! Michael and Sherry are all smiles mopping up the kitchen.
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Lau Geomicrobiology: 06/09
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009. High-rise condos in 10 days! The array shown in the photo above was visited first and we were very happy to see a brand new "chimlet" growing out of the array cage. The white microbial biofilm can already be seen on the chimlet! 160;We decided to keep this array down a little longer, so stay tuned for details on what we recover in the coming days. Nothing, however, could prepare us for what we were about to see as we approached the second array. . Monday, June 29, 2009. 160;Brei...
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Lau Geomicrobiology: Headed home!
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Thursday, July 9, 2009. From Tin Can to Tested Contraption. Vent Fields of the Eastern Lau Spreading Center. Image made with GeoMapApp, www.geomapapp.org (after Ferrini et al., 2008).
