Electronic Log Book

A daily distillation of the ROPOS REVEL; featuring narrative; scientific highlights; educational updates; and personal impressions from varied perspectives.

• August 11 Teacher Arrival; Orientation; Intro Lectures; Move aboard R/V Thompson; Seafloor Observatory

• August 12 Tie Down; Ballard Locks; Equipment "Dunk";Hydrosweep; Science Projects Chosen; Keith Shepherd and the Robot

• August 13 Arrival at the study site; Seafloor Navigation; First ROPOS Dive; Smoke and Mirrors; Standing Watch;

• August 14 Tube worm growth; Mapping S&M; Picnogonids (Sea Spider Convention); Teachers log ROPOS dives; Transponder survey; Mothra zephyrs

• August 15 Leaving the THOMPSON; Indelible stains; "Easter Island"; ROPOS manipulators; Mothra looms; Edification; Rapid Transit

• August 16 CTD search continues; Fiber optic cable jumps sheave; Dive HYS350 -- 14 hours; Jozee maps S&M; Flange survey at Salut; Veronique and Janet explore Clam Bed for octopods

• August 17 CTD touches Mothra directly; First Mate holds forth; Fisher's physiology fascinates; Janet and Vero hunt octopus tracks; Clams come aboard.

• August 18 Closing in on Mothra; First camera dive.

• August 19 ROPOS deploys camera and J-hook; Open ocean web; Missing wavelengths; Extreme ping pong

• August 20 Discovery of new vent field; Curriculum ideas; Blending science and education; Fin whale sighting; poem

• August 21 Tube worm staining; Split Seamount re-survey; Thermister deployment; Research projects; Curiosity; The ship that never sleeps

• August 22 Smoke and Mirrors investigation; CTD into the maw; Vent fish trapped! Chemosynthesis in the Gulf of Mexico; GPS aboard the Thompson; Life and death on the high seas

• August 23 Interactions between communities and sulfide chimneys; Hydrothermal predators; Where does the time go? ; Anyone can be a scientist

• August 24 Evolution of hydrothermal deposits; "I Miss" Hits; Last Hydrosweep of Endeavour; The Great Staining Machine; Godzilla is no more!!

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• August 27