How fast is superfast? Part 2
Last week, "The blogfish" made various interesting comparisons between the spreading rate at mid-ocean ridges and various things, such as…
A tale of patience and perseverance
… This is what our expedition has been so far. Mostly patience and perseverance. Remember my post about the drilling…
Another couple of days before we start coring
Please forgive the somehow outrageous processing of this photo; it probably reflects our more colorful perception of everything since we…
One of Kraken's tentacles?
Ocean crust cored since 1974
This graph shows the total number of boreholes that were drilled and cored deeper than 100 meters in oceanic crust…
The famous 1256D Panama hat
Here’s Damon Teagle, co-chief of Expedition 335. He was also co-chief of ODP Leg 206, and IODP Expedition 309, two…
Waiting for action in the lab
Beautiful Saturday morning, the sun was already hot at 8 am. The scientific party must still be patient… We are…
Action on the rig floor
Already 5 days at sea since we left Puntarenas last Sunday. It’s a bit difficult to re-enter to the bottom…