The JOIDES Resolution docked in Ponta Delgada, Portugal. (Credit: Cornelis Lissenberg & IODP) [Photo ID: 001_exp399_C0001.jpg]
The JOIDES Resolution lit up at night in Ponta Delgada, creating reflections in the water. (Credit: Cornelis Johannes & IODP) [Photo ID: 002_exp399_C0002.jpg]
IODP staff arrive at the JOIDES Resolution in Ponta Delgada, Portugal. (Credit: Nick Logan, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 003_exp399_C0004.jpg]
Luan Heywood (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO) poses next to the JOIDES Resolution’s bow in Ponta Delgada. (Credit: Mark Reagan & IODP) [Photo ID: 004_exp399_C0009.jpg]
Bridgette Cervera (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO) walks by the Ponta Delgada breakwater lighthouse. (Credit: Mark Reagan & IODP) [Photo ID: 005_exp399_C0010.jpg]
From left, William Brazelton (Microbiologist, University of Utah, USA), Kristin Dickerson (Physical Properties Specialist/Downhole Measurements, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA), Natsue Abe (Physical Properties Specialist/Downhole Measurements, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan), Lesley Anderson (Onboard Outreach Officer, Library of Congress, USA), and Sarah Treadwell (Onboard Outreach Officer, North Dakota University, USA) at the first abandon ship safety drill. (Credit: Erick Bravo, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 006_exp399_0015.jpg]
Expedition 399 participants at the first abandon ship safety drill. (Credit: Erick Bravo, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 007_exp399_0016.jpg]
Oscar Cavazos (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO) observes the departure from Ponta Delgada by himself. (Credit: Erick Bravo, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 008_exp399_0085.jpg]
Ponta Delgada port breakwater. (Credit: Erick Bravo, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 009_exp399_0087.jpg]
Rebecca Kuehn (Structural Geologist, MLU Halle, Germany), left, and Frieder Klein (Metamorphic Petrologist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA) watch the JOIDES Resolution’s departure from the top deck. (Credit: Cornelis Lissenberg & IODP) [Photo ID: 010_exp399_C0018.jpg]
From left, Kuan-Yu Lin (Igneous Petrologist, University of Delaware, USA), Natsue Abe (Physical Properties Specialist/Downhole Measurements, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan), Kristin Dickerson (Physical Properties Specialist/Downhole Measurements, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA), and Fengping Wang (Microbiologist, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China) gather during departure. (Credit: Mark Reagan & IODP) [Photo ID: 011_exp399_C0027.jpg]
From left, Cornelis Lissenberg (Igneous Petrologist, Cardiff University, UK), Nick Logan (Marine Computer Specialist, IODP JRSO), Luan Heywood (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO), and Kara Vadman (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO) watch departure from the picnic tables. (Credit: Mark Reagan & IODP) [Photo ID: 012_exp399_C0030.jpg]
William Rhinehart (Operations Superintendent, IODP JRSO), far right, explains the differences between drill bits to scientists during a ship tour. (Credit: Erick Bravo, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 013_exp399_0122.jpg]
Silhouette of the JOIDES Resolution’s derrick at sunset. (Credit: Natsue Abe & IODP) [Photo ID: 014_exp399_C0033.jpg]
Calm seas and a clear sky as the JOIDES Resolution arrives at the first site. (Credit: Natsue Abe & IODP) [Photo ID: 015_exp399_C0037.jpg]
Ethan Lopes (Paleomagnetist, Stanford University, USA), left, and Vamdev Pathak (Paleomagnetist, Central University of Punjab, India) practice preparing discrete samples for alternating field (AF) demagnetization on the DTECH D-2000 AF demagnetizer before the first core arrives. (Credit: Erick Bravo, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 016_exp399_0148.jpg]
William Mills (Laboratory Officer, IODP JRSO) works on the setup of instruments in the core lab. (Credit: Erick Bravo, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 017_exp399_0151.jpg]
Jan Jurie Kotze (Marine Electronics Specialist, IODP JRSO) prepares the Niskin bottles mounted on the VIT frame that will collect water samples during the first survey on site. (Credit: Erick Bravo, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 018_exp399_0183.jpg]
Scientists wait for operations to end at the moon pool before sampling water from the Niskin bottles. (Credit: Erick Bravo, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 019_exp399_0193.jpg]
Susan Lang (Co-Chief Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA) takes a water sample from the Niskin bottle. (Credit: Erick Bravo, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 020_exp399_0198.jpg]
Scientists watch as IODP staff cut the first hard rock core into sections on the catwalk. The COPE mitigation period has ended, but personnel working with the core wear facemasks to avoid contamination for microbiology samples. (Credit: Erick Bravo, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 021_exp399_0232.jpg]
Barbara John (Structural Geologist, University of Wyoming, USA) examines the first hard rock core pieces of the expedition. (Credit: Erick Bravo, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 022_exp399_0233.jpg]
Rebecca Kuehn (Structural Geologist, MLU Halle, Germany), left, and Andrew Parsons (Structural Geologist, University of Plymouth, UK) analyze the structure of a hard rock piece to define a splitting line to form working and archive halves of the piece. (Credit: Erick Bravo, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 023_exp399_0239.jpg]
Jordyn Robare (Microbiologist/Geochemist, Arizona State University, USA) uses a chisel and hammer on a piece of hard rock in order to expose a fresh surface area to analyze in the microbiology lab. (Credit: William Brazelton & IODP) [Photo ID: 024_exp399_C0042.jpg]
From left, Natsue Abe (Physical Properties Specialist/Downhole Measurements, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan), Marguerite Godard (Inorganic Geochemist, University of Montpellier, France), Ethan Lopes (Paleomagnetist, Stanford University, USA), and Vamdev Pathak (Paleomagnetist, Central University of Punjab, India) discuss sampling strategies in the core lab. (Credit: Erick Bravo, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 025_exp399_0259.jpg]