Since I was taking most of the photos during the Palmyra trip, there are very few photos of me. Doug used my camera on the very first day to take the one of me all dirty from salvaging the used mesh in the rain. After that I didn't get any more of me on my camera.
Since returning I got a chance to look at some of the photos Francesco took with his iPhone. I like this shot. I have a big smile on my face because Doug is running the boat fairly fast across the lagoon which means there is a nice breeze in my face. I told Doug I could do this all day, having him motor us around in the lagoon keeping cool in the hot weather. I appreciated the wide brim hat when we were doing this because we often had red-footed boobies riding the air currents above our heads and dropping their guano on us.
As the librarian for the Miller Library at Hopkins Marine Station, I was offered the opportunity to help with a research project on the Palmyra Atoll. This is a ring of islands surrounding a lagoon located about 1,000 miles south of Hawaii, just north of the equator. There are less than 5 square miles of land, and the highest elevation is 6 feet. It averages about 175 inches of rain a year, and there is no rainy season.
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