The Scripps group used the boat today, so we were left on shore. We spent the day doing an inventory of all the supplies Doug has accumulated since 2006. He has been here at least once every summer since then except one.
Below is a picture of our work area. Stuff that has been in the salt water has to be rinsed in fresh water. We then use a wire brush if there is any rust. After that it gets sprayed with WD40. I also did this for the two cans of epoxy and then spray painted the cans so they wouldn't rust. I could go on, but is is not the most exciting part of the trip. Here is a picture of our work area. It got looking a lot worst before it started to look better.
Doug has 5 "totes" filled with gear. Below is a picture showing some of the "totes" that are used to store gear. They are easy to move around with a forklift as different groups of scientists come and go.
Enough of the boring stuff, but Fio will appreciate it when she comes out to work here next summer. Here is a screen grab from a movie Francesco made with a GoPro he borrowed from one of the other teams. We were having problems with the older model GoPro that we brought out with us. The movie camera is strapped to Francesco's chest, so you see his BC Air2 dangling in the photo. It is the best shot yet of a manta ray. We see them quite frequently and sometimes quite closely.
Neat picture of the ray.
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