Thruster Pod – Sat, May 20
This is a single thruster pod that houses two propellers – remember these are controlled by the dynamic positioning system, and…
Thermal Conductivity – Mon, May 15
One of the rock properties we measure in the “Physical Properties” group, is thermal conductivity. This is a measure of…
Small Foam Cup – Sun, May 14
Foam cup #1 is back from the deep. It travelled with the VIT camera into the deep sea, down to…
Happy Mother’s Day – Sat, May 13
To all the wonderful Moms out there – we miss you and send you oodles of sunshine from the South…
Lifeboat lowering – Tue, May 9
Here is a shot of the crew lowering one of the lifeboats. This is Port Lifeboat 2. The JR has…
Deep-sea life – Mon, May 8
This footage from the reentry cam shows a shrimp cruising around at the bottom of the ocean – the shrimp’s…
This is Ruber! – Sun, May 7
Globigerinoides ruber is very common in the modern ocean. It is a surface-water specie of foram (short for Foraminifera). This…
The School of Rock – Fri, Apr 21
I think this is a Jack Black movie or am I mixing things up? I don’t have readily available internet…
Don’t lose your cool – Thu, Apr 20
After many back-to-back hours of measuring rock properties on the cores, our group is being challenged. Our skillfully crafted work…
Now what? – Wed, Apr 19
We have reached our target depth in the current hole and will move to another hole nearby to go deeper….