Rainbow seen through the catwalk windows. (Credit: Julia Reece & IODP) [Photo ID: 096_exp393_C0187.JPG]
Foam cups taken to about 4,300 meters depth, shrunk by more than half their original height. (Credit: Julia Reece & IODP) [Photo ID: 097_exp393_C0198.JPG]
Jessica Labonte (Microbiologist, Texas A&M University at Galveston, USA) works in an anaerobic chamber to maintain anoxic conditions for experiments of viral and microbial activity in sediment. (Credit: Julia Reece & IODP) [Photo ID: 098_exp393_C0201.JPG]
Sun rays amazingly beam out from the outline of the dark clouds, just before sunset. (Credit: Julia Reece & IODP) [Photo ID: 099_exp393_C0209.JPG]
Rock samples turned into liquid and ready in the autosampler for analysis on the inductively coupled plasma (ICP) instrument. (Credit: Julia Reece & IODP) [Photo ID: 100_exp393_C0213.JPG]
Sampling tools unexpectedly used by microbiologists. (Credit: Trevor J. Williams & IODP) [Photo ID: 101_exp393_C0216.jpeg]
Rhizon in situ sampling devices extract interstitial water from sediment cores. (Credit: Trevor J. Williams & IODP) [Photo ID: 102_exp393_C0217.jpeg]
Whales have been seen around the ship. In this image, the blowhole at the top of the whale’s head through which it breathes air. (Credit: Stephen F. Pekar & IODP) [Photo ID: 103_exp393_C0232.jpg]
Remains of a whale’s blow while still showing the top before diving. (Credit: Stephen F. Pekar & IODP) [Photo ID: 104_exp393_C0238.jpg]
Siem Offshore Captain of JOIDES Resolution shows the instrument panels on the bridge during a tour to scientists. (Credit: Erick Bravo, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 105_exp393_0897.jpg]
Morning sun rays shine through the derrick’s structure. (Credit: Erick Bravo, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 106_exp393_0908.jpg]
Kevin Grigar (Operations Superintendent, IODP JRSO) leads a tour, explaining what happens on the drill floor and the functions of the equipment. (Credit: Erick Bravo, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 107_exp393_0910.jpg]
During a tour in the core tech shop, Julia Reece (Co-Chief Scientist, Texas A&M University, USA) holds an extended core barrel (XCB) cutting shoe, which is placed at the bottom of the system and trims the core sample at the same time the drill string advances. (Credit: Erick Bravo, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 108_exp393_0913.jpg]
A new yellow XCB cutting shoe and one from a previous expedition that in which the circulation jets clogged with cobbles from the sediment, disabling the cooling liquid stream flow and leading it to melt and deform. (Credit: Erick Bravo, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 109_exp393_0918.jpg]
Siem Offshore Toolpusher in the core tech shop demonstrating the lockable float valve (LFV) that allows us to return to coring following logging. This technology was developed by IODP. (Credit: Erick Bravo, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 110_exp393_0920.jpg]
One of the 7 generators that provides power to the ship, open during maintenance. (Credit: Erick Bravo, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 111_exp393_0932.jpg]
Siem Offshore 2nd Engineer during a tour in the engine room gives brief gesture explanations due to the loud noise. (Credit: Erick Bravo, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 112_exp393_0937.jpg]
Siem Offshore 2nd Engineer shows the instrument panels in the engine control room during a tour to scientists. (Credit: Erick Bravo, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 113_exp393_0947.jpg]
Visit to the helideck as part of a tour around the JOIDES Resolution. (Credit: Erick Bravo, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 114_exp393_0949.jpg]
JOIDES Resolution’s derrick viewed from the helideck at the stern of the ship. (Credit: Erick Bravo, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 115_exp393_0951.jpg]
Mallika Jonnalagadda (Petrologist, Savitribai Phule Pune University, India), Alina Shchepetkina (Sedimentologist, University of Lisbon, Portugal), Aled Evans (Petrologist, University of Southampton, UK), Alex Villa (Geochemist, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA), Tessa Lund Peixoto (Outreach Officer, JVS Boston, USA), Thomas M. Belgrano (Petrologist, University of Southampton, UK), and Kevin Grigar (Operations Superintendent, IODP JRSO) at the moonpool mezzanine. (Credit: Erick Bravo, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 116_exp393_0953.jpg]
Visit to JOIDES Resolution’s moonpool area during a tour to scientists, while the upper guidehorn is being repositioned. (Credit: Erick Bravo, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 117_exp393_0955.jpg]
Michelle Harris (Petrologist, University of Plymouth, UK) cuts her birthday cake during her celebration aboard JOIDES Resolution. (Credit: Tessa Lund Peixoto & IODP) [Photo ID: 118_exp393_C0242.jpg]
Doris Piñero Lajas (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO), Michelle Penkrot (Curatorial Specialist, IODP JRSO), and Eric Moortgat (Laboratory Officer, IODP JRSO) place a just-arrived rock core into half split liners and mark the direction of pieces as they come out of the core liner, as the first step in curation and sampling. (Credit: Erick Bravo, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 119_exp393_0681.jpg]
Timothy D’Angelo (Microbiologist/Organic Geochemist, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, USA) and Michelle Penkrot (Curatorial Specialist, IODP JRSO) take a sample of rock for microbiology studies from the recently arrived core. (Credit: Tessa Lund Peixoto & IODP) [Photo ID: 120_exp393_C0244.jpeg]
Tessa Lund Peixoto (Outreach Officer, JVS Boston, USA) leads a tour via Zoom where Alina Shchepetkina (Sedimentologist, University of Lisbon, Portugal) explains the work she is doing during IODP Expedition 393, aboard the JOIDES Resolution. (Credit: Erick Bravo, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 121_exp393_0990.jpg]
Partly cloudy sky sunset over a calm sea. (Credit: Erick Bravo, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 122_exp393_0995.jpg]
Julia Reece (Co-Chief Scientist, Texas A&M University, USA) and Damon Teagle (Co-Chief Scientist, University of Southampton, UK) joyful in the core description area. (Credit: Stephen F. Pekar & IODP) [Photo ID: 123_exp393_C0248.jpg]
IODP JRSO Marine Laboratory Specialists Doris Piñero Lajas and Mallory Mintz wash and curate core rocks. (Credit: Kara Vadman & IODP) [Photo ID: 124_exp393_C0252.jpg]
Danielle Santiago Ramos (Inorganic Geochemist, Rutgers University, USA) pipets samples for shipboard analysis. (Credit: Tessa Lund Peixoto & IODP) [Photo ID: 125_exp393_C0253.jpeg]
Heather Barnes (Assistant Laboratory Officer, IODP JRSO) splits a long single piece of core rock. (Credit: Erick Bravo, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 126_exp393_1049.jpg]
Danielle Santiago Ramos (Inorganic Geochemist, Rutgers University, USA) on deck during a nice weather afternoon. (Credit: Tessa Lund Peixoto & IODP) [Photo ID: 127_exp393_C0255.jpeg]
Orange colored sky as the sun rises from the horizon. (Credit: Kevin Grigar & IODP) [Photo ID: 128_exp393_C0258.JPG]
Pastel colored sky and clouds along the starboard passageway beside the ship’s rail. (Credit: Kara Vadman & IODP) [Photo ID: 129_exp393_C0261.jpg]