Sponge spicules protruding from the mud. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_173]
Nick Logan (Marine Computer Specialist, IODP JRSO) and Fabricio Ferreira (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO) on alert during their protected mammal watch. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_174]
Eric Moortgat (Assistant Laboratory Officer, IODP JRSO) observes the air gun that is firing from 7 meters below the sea surface, creating a bubble of expanding air around the buoy. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_175]
Siem personnel on the Bridge during the protected mammal watch. The ship’s bow and wind sock are caught in the reflection. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_176]
Zenon Mateo (Assistant Laboratory Officer, IODP JRSO) packing up the VSP air gun system. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_177]
Miniaturized popcorn. Foraminifera shells under the microscope. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_178]
Weighed samples prepared in quartz crucibles for the loss on ignition (LOI) test. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_179]
Oxidized LOI samples after smelting at 1250°C for few hours. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_180]
Vincent Percuoco and Fabricio Ferreira (Marine Laboratory Specialists, IODP JRSO) collecting the mudline sample. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_181]
Coral fragments exposed in the core. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_182]
Close-up of two coral fragments. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_183]
Selfie of a coral fragment and the core. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_184]
Siem personnel wave at the camera from the drill floor. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_185]
Stuck in the mud. The sinker bar with a jammed and twisted connector pin. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_186]
Nick Logan (Marine Computer Specialist, IODP JRSO) working on the server. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_187]
This core screams ice-rafted debris! Check out the size of The Rock in these sediments. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_188]
Vincent Percuoco (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO) squeezing interstitial water from his last core. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_189]
Siem personnel climbing the top drive to preform maintenance. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_190]
Siem personnel keeping a careful watch on his colleague climbing up the derrick. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_191]
Siem Personnel performing maintenance up in the derrick. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_192]
Entier catering crew serve up a special Filipino meal. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_193]
Inductively coupled plasma (ICP) torch as a vaporized sample passes through. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_194]
The argon plasma from the inductively coupled plasma (ICP) torch is so bright that it lights up the spray chamber from above. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_195]
The cores where sediment and basalt meet. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_196]
Siem personnel add grease to the top drive. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_197]