Sunlight shines through the clouds and onto the sea surface to begin Week 4 of Expedition 402. (Credit: Tiffany Liao, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 083_exp402_0819.jpg]
From left, Larkin Bohn (Outreach Officer, USA), Manon Bickert (Structural Geologist/Petrologist, Geo-Ocean IFREMER, France), Victoria Pavlovics (Paleomagnetist, University of Utah, USA), Alessio Sanfilippo (Metamorphic Petrologist, University of Pavia, Italy), Walter Menapace (Sedimentologist, University of Bremen, Germany), and Lisa Crowder (Laboratory Officer, IODP JRSO) gather on deck to watch the sunrise. (Credit: Agata Di Stefano & IODP) [Photo ID: 084_exp402_C0283.jpg]
Expedition participants smile for a photo with the derrick (Clockwise from lower middle: Agata Di Stefano (Micropaleontologist, University of Catania, Italy), Swanne Gontharet (Organic Geochemist, Sorbonne University, France), Noriaki Abe (Physical Properties Specialist, Tono Geoscience Center, Japan), Alessio Sanfilippo (Metamorphic Petrologist, University of Pavia, Italy), Norikatsu Akizawa (Igneous Geochemist, University of Tokyo, Japan), Walter Menapace (Sedimentologist, University of Bremen, Germany), Ashutosh Pandey (Igneous Petrologist, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, India), Manon Bickert (Structural Geologist/Petrologist, Geo-Ocean IFREMER, France), and Yin-Hsuan Liao (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO). (Credit: Agata Di Stefano & IODP) [Photo ID: 085_exp402_C0274.jpg]
Siem crewmembers busy at work on the drill floor. (Credit: Tiffany Liao, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 086_exp402_1248.jpg]
Max Witek (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO), middle, demonstrates his coffee press while Nevio Zitellini (Co-Chief Scientist, ISMAR-CNR, Italy), right, and Qi Fu (Inorganic Geochemist, University of Houston, USA), left, look on. (Credit: Xiangyu Zhao & IODP) [Photo ID: 087_exp402_C0344.jpg]
Entier staff members smile for a photo in the mess hall. (Credit: Kristin Bronk, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 088_exp402_0976.jpg]
From left, Alberto Malinverno (Co-Chief Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, USA), Walter Menapace (Sedimentologist, University of Bremen, Germany), Alessio Sanfilippo (Metamorphic Petrologist, University of Pavia, Italy), Ashutosh Pandey (Igneous Petrologist, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, India), and Norikatsu Akizawa (Igneous Geochemist, University of Tokyo, Japan) have a discussion around the core description table. (Credit: Noriaki Abe & IODP) [Photo ID: 089_exp402_C0322.jpg]
Multiple waterspouts spin up in the Tyrrhenian Sea. (Credit: Tiffany Liao, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 090_exp402_0835.jpg]
The Entier staff decorates the galley for a delicious Indian themed meal. (Credit: Tiffany Liao, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 091_exp402_0915.jpg]
Alessio Sanfilippo (Metamorphic Petrologist, University of Pavia, Italy), left, and Norikatsu Akizawa (Igneous Geochemist, University of Tokyo, Japan) excited for the Indian themed meal. (Credit: Xiangyu Zhao & IODP) [Photo ID: 092_exp402_C0333.jpg]
Victoria Pavlovics (Paleomagnetist, University of Utah, USA) smiles for a photo with a woolly mammoth in the paleomagnetism lab. (Credit: Manon Bickert & IODP) [Photo ID: 093_exp402_C0289.jpg]
Siem personnel work on the derrick during sunrise. (Credit: Agata Di Stefano & IODP) [Photo ID: 095_exp402_C0276.jpg]
Siem crewmembers busy at work on the derrick. (Credit: Tiffany Liao, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 096_exp402_1233.jpg]
A rainbow stretches across the Tyrrhenian Sea on a rainy day. (Credit: Tiffany Liao, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 098_exp402_1208.jpg]
From left, Milena Rodriguez Pilco (Microbiologist, Texas A&M University at Galveston, USA), Anthony Eason (Publications Specialist, IODP JRSO), Tessa Peixoto (Outreach Officer, USA), and Lorna Kearns (Sedimentologist, UTIG, USA) smile for a photo while catching a view of the beautiful rainbow outside. (Credit: Tiffany Liao, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 099_exp402_1210.jpg]
Eirini Poulaki (Metamorphic Petrologist, University of Miami, RSMAES, USA), left, and Tomoaki Morishita (Igneous Petrologist, Kanazawa University, Japan) look at an image taken with the microscope camera. (Credit: Xiangyu Zhao & IODP) [Photo ID: 100_exp402_C0337.jpg]
A bird visits the JOIDES Resolution in the early morning. (Credit: Aaron Mechler, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 101_exp402_1264.jpg]
Scientists take a photo of their reflection in Tessa Peixoto’s (Outreach Officer, USA) sunglasses. (Credit: Xiangyu Zhao & IODP) [Photo ID: 102_exp402_C0330.jpg]
Entier staff members smile for a photo outside the laundry room. (Credit: Tiffany Liao, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 103_exp402_1034.jpg]
Beautiful working half sections of sediment cores on display at the sampling table. (Credit: Tiffany Liao, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 104_exp402_1263.jpg]
The colorful assortment of personal sampling flags. Scientists will mark the working half core sections with these flags to identify intervals they want to study. (Credit: Credit Tiffany Liao, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 105_exp402_1255.jpg]
Qi Fu (Inorganic Geochemist, University of Houston, USA) carefully selects intervals to be sampled from the working halves of the core by marking them with sample flags. (Credit: Tiffany Liao, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 106_exp402_1249.jpg]
Sunlight shines into the conference room, illuminating volumes of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. (Credit: Xiangyu Zhao & IODP) [Photo ID: 076_exp402_1102.jpg]