Flamingos and Foraminifera: Fabricio Ferreira’s (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO) decorated workspace on his birthday. (Credit: Alex Roth, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_147]
Birthday celebration in the galley. From left: Katy Smith (Curatorial Specialist, IODP JRSO), Fabricio Ferreira (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO), Nick Logan (Marine Computer Specialist, IODP JRSO), Etienne Claassen (Marine Instrumentation Specialist, IODP JRSO), Lisa Crowder (Laboratory Officer, IODP JRSO), Kevin Grigar (Operations Superintendent, IODP JRSO), Leah LeVay (Expedition Project Manager/Staff Scientist, IODP JRSO), and Vincent Percuoco (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO). (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_148]
Fabricio Ferreira (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO) receives core on the catwalk, wearing his birthday hat. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_149]
Doug Cummings (Publications Specialist, IODP JRSO) displays a basalt sample that came from the core catcher. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_150]
David Fackler (Marine Computer Specialist) works on the dynamic positioning system’s computer. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_151]
Worn Rotary Core Barrel (RCB) bit from Hole U1562B next to a new bit. (Credit: Kevin Grigar, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_152]
Alex Roth (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO), Luan Heywood (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO), and Katy Smith (Curatorial Specialist, IODP JRSO) receive a core on the catwalk. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_153]
Katy Smith (Curatorial Specialist, IODP JRSO) curates the length of the core, while Alex Roth and Luan Heywood (Marine Laboratory Specialists, IODP JRSO) wait patiently to cut the core into the marked sections. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_154]
Deep into basalt, we suddenly hit a large sediment layer, indicating that there was a long gap between eruptions! Here, Nick Logan (Marine Computer Specialist, IODP JRSO) marvels at the intriguing sediment core found between two large basalt intervals. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_155]
Siem personnel reassemble the drill floor after the Vibration Isolated Television (VIT) frame returns from the seafloor. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_156]
Doug Cummings (Publications Specialist, IODP JRSO) hammers out basalt that is stuck in the core catcher. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_157]
A colorful vein in a foamy basalt. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_158]
Nature’s art: basalt shards encased in sediment, with a thick calcite vein running through the middle. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_159]
Siem crewman looks out from the Core Tech shop at circling pilot whales. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_160]
A gull soars close to the water. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_161]
Entier staff group photo. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_162]
Jenna Patten (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO) holds a glass bead, melted from sediment, that will be analyzed by inductively coupled plasma–atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES). (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_163]
The JOIDES Resolution’s galley turns into an art gallery for the T-shirt design competition. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_164]
Leah LeVay (Expedition Project Manager/Staff Scientist, IODP JRSO) checks fossil preservation of the sediment layers that are squeezed between the basalts. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_165]
After a week in an ethanol/stain mix, our second mudline sample is ready to be sieved. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_166]
Sieved mudline sample after staining with Rose of Bengal. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_167]
Radiolarians (glass skeletons) and Foraminifera (popcorn shape) tangled in the hairs of a paint brush – for a sense of scale. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_168]
Stained polychaeta larvae caught in the mudline test (staining for live benthic Foraminifera). (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_169]
Fabricio Ferreira and Jenna Patten (Marine Laboratory Specialists, IODP JRSO) wave as the muster drill begins. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_170]
Alex Roth and Vincent Percuoco (Marine Laboratory Specialists, IODP JRSO) enjoy a brief moment of fresh air. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_171]
The winning T-shirt design displayed on the IODP stairwell of fame! Congratulations to our Siem Driller – who had some artistic help from his 8 year old son. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_172]