Photos:
2007-02-11: A tug helps us into port  |
2007-02-11: Anna and Andrew contemplate more sampling.  |
2007-02-11: Ryan and Rob put the finishing touches on packing a shipping container for return of equipment to the USA.  |
2007-02-11: Brisbane is in our sights.  |
2007-02-10: Cheryl tries her best on the ERG machine last night while Shawn and Audrey look on. Despite her best efforts team "Scrubs" finished second to Jeremy and Andrew.  |
2007-02-10: Veronica cuts a rug while an image of herself is diplayed by the projector. A fun time was had by all on the last night before port!  |
2007-02-09: We had an abandon ship drill yesterday. Here the crew gathers at their mustering station on the port side of the ship. |
2007-02-09: Gary enjoys an after dinner run on the 01 deck.
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2007-02-08: Dan prepares to inflate a buoy that is used with the drogue and biosensor deployment. |
2007-02-08: Jeremy uses liquid nitrogen to flash freeze some of his samples. This method of freezing is almost instantaneous, much faster than using a regular freezer! |
2007-02-07: This morning we passed by Lord Howe Island and Ball's Pyramid. The picture below was taken at sunrise and Ball's Pyramid is on the left. It is a huge rock structure that juts out of the ocean like a serrated knife blade. The area very close to the Pyramid is very treacherous so we stayed a few miles away, just to be safe. |
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2007-02-07: Dan, Janet, Lawson, Erik and Dan O. smile for the camera in between some deck operations.  |
2007-02-07: Lord Howe Island from the bow of the Kilo Moana. |
2007-02-06: Last night we were visited by a red-footed booby bird. He was hanging around the bridge area for several hours. We finally encouraged him to leave because of his lack of toilet training.  |
2007-02-06: Veronica collects water samples from the rosette. |
2007-02-06: Whitney poses for a quick picture in her work area.
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2007-02-06: Andrew pauses for a moment to reflect on the vastness of the Pacific Ocean. |
2007-02-02: This is a picture from inside one of the incubators that are used to grow Prochlorococcus. Can anyone guess why we grow them in blue light? You can submit your answers via our email link on the right!  |
2007-02-02:Tyler (the birthday boy) awaits the trace metal rosette. Unfortunately, this will be the only package Tyler gets on his birthday as there is no mail at sea. We'll make sure he has a nice birthday all the same! |
2007-02-01: Below is a picture of an albatross that has been hanging around the ship for a couple of days. These birds have a huge wingspan and fly with amazing grace. They look like aerial gliders in the sky. |
2007-02-01: This bird is what we believe to be some type of petral. 6-8 of these have been hanging around the ship for the past week. If there are any birders out there we would appreciate a positive identification!  |
2007-1-27: Today we got a special treat. We saw what is referred to as a circumhorizontal arc. To read more about these types of rainbows click the link below. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/06/060619-rainbow-fire.html
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2007-1-27: Eric Webb and Dreux collect some samples from their plankton tow.  |
2007-1-26: Waters were glass-like today. You could see the reflections of clouds in the water!
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2007-1-26: When entering and leaving many ports, including Noumea, a pilot is brought to the ship entering the harbor. The pilot's role is to advise the Captain on where any dangers are within the harbor. The picture on the left is the Pilot boat that is coming to pick up the pilot after we have safely left the harbor. The picture on the right is the pilot actually climbing down a rope ladder from the Kilo Moana to the Pilot boat.  |
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2007-1-25: A group photo of the science party from the first leg of the cruise. Some of the science party can be seen sitting in the Kilo Moana's very own "Warm Pool".  |
2007-1-25: A picture of the sunset taken near downtown Noumea in New Caledonia.
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2007-1-23: Sue looks ashore during a small boat operation near the island of Futuna. Futuna is a small volcanic island belonging to the country of Vanuatu. |
2007-1-23: Some locals take note of the small boat operations and water sampling that is occurring just offshore of Futuna in Vanuatu.  |
2007-1-23: Zackary, Erik, Anna, Thomas and Roger are deployed in the small Zodiac off the port side of the Kilo Moana. The goal was to collect samples from near-shore sites. The small boat can get into areas that are too shallow for the Kilo Moana. |
2007-1-23: Jim and Dreux are prepare to use a net to sample a bloom that we passed over the other day. The dominant organism in the bloom was the nitrogen fixing cyanobacterium Trichodesmium. Notice the green color of the water closest to the ship, the green color is Trichodesmium. The brown color at the edge of the bloom is dead Trichodesmium.
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| 2007-01-20: The other day we talked about performing an experiment that would demonstrate the immense pressure that exists deep in the ocean. The other night we collected some water from 2000 meters down (that's 6,560 feet!). Prior to deploying the CTD, we decorated some Styrofoam wig heads (thanks, Ma Z!) and Styrofoam cups. We then put the heads and cups in a bag and strapped the bag to the CTD. The CTD was then sent down to 2,000 meters. The pressure of the water squeezed the cups and heads making them shrink. The Styrofoam maintained its smaller size when brought back up to the surface. Below, Jeremy acts as a model to demonstrate the effects of pressure on the Styrofoam. The picture on the left is before 2000 meters and the photo on the right is afterwards. It is important to remember that the ocean is very deep. We are currently in water that is 3,650 meters deep (that's more than 12,000 feet!). We have passed areas on our voyage more than 5,000 meters deep (more than 16,000 feet). |
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2007-01-20: Picture of a waterspout that formed two days ago. (It is the thin funnel-shaped line reaching towards the water in the center of the picture.) |
2007-01-20: Microscopic image taken by Dr. Sue Brown of an organism that was collected using the CTD rosette. This organism is microscopic meaning it can't be seen with the naked eye! |
2007-01-17: Jeff is collecting water for his experiments on bacterial oxidative stress. |
2007-01-17: Karen is processing her samples in the fume hood.
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2007-01-16: Alison is filtering water samples to collect bacteria. She will analyze the DNA and mRNA that are in the bacteria. |
2007-01-16: Richard (first engineer) has just finished giving a tour of the engineering components of the R/V Kilo Moana. Janet, Audrey and Gary were amazed by the complexity of the systems onboard.  |
2007-01-14: Sue collecting waterfrom the CTD rosette for her experiments and microscopy work. |
2007-01-14: This is a picture of waves breaking on the shores or Arorae atoll. We passed within one mile of this earlier in the day. |
2007-01-12: Members of the science party gather on deck for the actual crossing of the equator and the International Dateline. The ship's siren and horn were sounded to mark the event!
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2007-01-12: Dan fiddles with his fiberoptic biosensor on the back deck. |
2007-01-11: Jeremy and Kuhio relaxing in the salt water pool on the 01 deck after a hard days work. |
2007-01-11: Sunsets out in the middle of the Pacific are absolutely beautiful! |
2007-01-10: Gary and Leo deploy a trace metal clean pneumatic pump for water collection. |
2007-01-10: Zackary and Dan use a Secchi disk to measure light penetration into the water column. Secchi depth is a classic oceanographic measurement. |
2007-01-07: Dreux, Jim and company help guide the line onto the drum as the winch pulls in the rosette. Science at sea is 1 part brain and 1 part brawn. |
2007-01-07: Today a big squall hits us as we're sampling. Still, the rain made for a beautiful rainbow. All is well.  |
2007-01-06: Sometimes things go wrong at sea. Here a crew member is hoisted up to replace a block that the line runs through. This is exciting work, especially when the seas are rough! |
2007-01-07: Since we're far away from home for a while, people sometimes decorate their work area to make it more homey. Here, Jeremy has done a fabulous job of his portal: |
2007-01-06: Audrey takes a break from filtering sea water. |
2007-01-06: Here a rosette is being recovered after sampling water from different depths. Each bottle can be closed at a different depth.  |
2007-01-05: Dan releases an ARGO drifter. ARGO drifters float in the ocean for over 5 years, monitoring ocean currents, temperature and salt content. This helps scientists to track water movement, even when a ship is not present.  |
2007-01-05: The ARGO drifter releases from its protective package. The antenna (sticking out of the water) allows it to send data to scientists back on land using satellite communication. |
2007-01-05: Rosette system for sampling water from depth. Each bottle can be closed at a different depth, thus sampling water from many different depths. This rosette system can be lowered to the deepest depths of the ocean.  |
2007-01-05: Sue and Karen sample the rosette.  |
2007-01-04: Fire and boat drill! Safety is very important at sea because hospitals and help are far away. The captain and crew schedule regular training to keep everyone safe.  |
2007-01-04: No we're not going diving. That's a crewman being trained to use a fireman's suit. Everyone has many jobs while at sea.  |
2007-01-04: Karen helps to teach Rob how to run computer that controls the rosette system. This is the workhorse instrument that allows oceanographers to sample water at depth.  |
2007-01-04: Veronica and Anna sample the rosette. The rosette has bottles which are closed at the depth of interest. Most samples are collected this way.  |
2007-01-02: Flow cytometer is craned on-board. All heavy equipment is craned on because it is more secure (and less tiring!)  |
2007-01-03: Annette spools Kevlar line onto the drum for use with the trace metal free rosette. This line is strong, but light and metal free and used when rusty steel lines may contaminate the water  |
2007-01-01: A rainbow over Honolulu as preparations continue |
2007-01-02: Elizabeth and Anna discuss ARGO float deployment  |
2006-12-31: Trace metal-free bubble begins to take shape |
2007-01-01: Carli secures the incubator tables |
2006-12-31: Elizabeth loads the Argo float |
2006-12-31: Argo float inside deployment box  |
2006-12-30: Annette likes power tools!  |
2006-12-30: There is still a lot of equipment/boxes to go  |
2006-12-30: Crew helping to load the equipment  |
2006-12-30: Laboratory space with boxes ready to be opened  |
2006-12-29: Karen and Sue putting equipment into vans  |
2006-12-30: Craning boxes onto the ship |
2006-12-29: Filling liquid nitrogen dewars to keep samples frozen for later analysis  |
2006-12-29: Sue and Karen moving equipment from lab  |
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