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Dan Murphy
I am a sedimentologist sailing on IODP Expedition 321. I am a doctoral candidate from Texas A&M University. This blog is written from the point of view of my daughter's stuffed bear and is written specifically for children ages 2-5. I will try to capture life on the ship and a little bit of science for the little ones every day, so let's see how it goes.
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- Adam Klaus
- Becky Robinson
- Beth Caissie
- Brandon Murphy
- Cheryl L. Hammons
- Chris Beveridge
- Christian Marz
- Cynthia L. Fong
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- David Kemp
- David Murphy
- Debbie Thomas
- Doug LaVigne
- Dr. Mark Leckie
- Dudley Friskopp
- Eddie Cohen
- Elena Colmenero-Hidalgo
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Dan Murphy's blog
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June 6th, 2009
The moon is a beautiful site, hanging in the sky, seeming so far away. It is exceptionally beautiful over the ocean, where we are. 40 years ago this year, a man by the name of Neil Armstrong, and a few other brave men after him, walked on the moon through the most amazing scientific effort our country has ever gone through. Thousands of people worked very hard to put Neil Armstrong on the moon, though they don't always get the credit they deserve.
Little fish, big fish
June 2nd, 2009
The ocean is a very big place. There are many fish and sharks out here hundreds of miles from land.
The night sky
The JOIDES Resolution at night while still anchored in Honolulu Harbor.
June 1st, 2009
A factory of mud
May 25th, 2009
The last few days have been very very busy. The people on the JOIDES Resolution have been bringing up many many cores of mud. They brought up 48 cores of mud for a total of 449.8 meters (1484 feet) which is as long as 50 school buses!
The sun is a mass of incandescent gas
May 25th, 2009
The sun is a very important part of our lives. It lights up our lives so we can see the world around us.
Tiny tiny shells, big big screen
May 16th, 2009
We are still on our way to the first site. We are expecting to get there around noon on Tuesday. It will take a long time to get set up to start bringing up mud from the seafloor, probably by early Wednesday morning.
Still cruising
May 14th, 2009
Hello again everyone. Sorry it has been so long since my last update. We have been really busy. I have been helping the scientists describe their cores of mud. Remember how I told you that the cores have to be cut in half? There is a special machine that cuts the cores, and it does it with wire!
Learning about the cores
May 11th, 2009
There are a lot of people on the ship. Because of how expensive the ship is, science has to be done all hours of the day, even at night! Everyone works for 12 hours and gets 12 hours off.
Touring the boat
May 10th, 2009
Today we toured the back half of the ship. On a boat, the part in the back is called the stern. The engines that move the ship are located near the stern. The spin propellors under water to help us go forward. We also learned how the ship makes drinking water.
