Photo Gallery

This is the R/V Walton Smith Cruise in July 2002

    

Everyone is enthralled with the "jellycam"...
..and this is what they are all intently staring at!

(Kelly and Jonathan)
The first lesson Emily learned about science is that EVERYTHING must be carefully labeled.
Yep, Elizabeth is labeling too!
Unfortunately, John spent much of the cruise hearing about the stench that his shoes were creating.  They were so bad, they were banished to the deck.
This is a MOCNESS (Multiple Opening and Closing Net and Environmental Sampling System).  It is an apparatus that allows us to sample with several nets at discreet depths and the opening and closing of the nets is done electronically from the boat.
Kelly and Heather sort through the plankton samples brought up by the MOCNESS.
Jo, Elizabeth and Emily get a lesson in fixing the Tucker Trawl.
Kelly and John prepare the CTD for another cast.  This instrument measures conductivity, temperature, depth, fluorescence, pH and oxygen as well as takes depth-discreet water samples.
Dan and Yantzee chillin' in the only shade they could find.
Dan, John and Thorpe deploying the MOCNESS
As you can see, it can be quite the monster to get into the water.
Heather and Emily very excited about ANOTHER zooplankton sample to process.
A flat fish larvae retrieved from one of our MOCNESS tows.
Emily demonstrating the proper technique for triple rinsing nutrient bottles.  Good Job!
The following pictures are from the Pelican Cruise in August 2002
New Grad Student, Kelly Rakow, tries her hand at identifying large zooplankton from the trawls.
Kristi, Delaina and Joan collect water from the CTD for nutrient and chlorophyll processing.  At least that is what they were supposed to be collecting it for - we think they were saving it up for good shower later that day!
Captain Dave showing us his kite flying technique. Actually, hoisting the dive flag for all to see.
Higgins shows a little muscle while prepping the bongo nets for diving.
Yes, putting on a dive skin is as painful as it looks.
Joan is very excited about jellyfish hunting.  So excited in fact, that she decided that maybe she would have more success if she actually held the net rather than throwing the whole thing in the ocean!
Jenny, another satisfied jellyfish hunter, pauses to show us why she should be the new spokesperson for close-up toothpaste.
This time Kelly flexes her muscle while explaining the simplicities of the jellycam to Higgins.
So they actually did find a use for those water samples.
Mr. Al doing his impersonation of Jenny.
Joan discovers that nets actually attached to the boat with rope don't get lost over the side of the boat quite so easily.
The two foreigners, Toby (Australian) and Luciano (Argentinian), exhibit how to stay in style with orange work vests and hard hats while deploying the jellycam.
A perfect ending to a beautiful day at sea.
You can't say that we worked them too hard.
Everyone's favorite time of day - Tucker Time.
Oh yeah, we were supposed to be studying jellyfish on this cruise.