A divided highway on Palmyra

One would not expect traffic on Palmyra to require a divided highway, but check this out:

median strip on Palmyra's "divided highway"

One of the projects underway is repaving. The road median was short lived as the mixture of coral and cement has already been crushed to make a smooth path.

As mentioned earlier, the staff is doing a lot of maintenance work during our stay since there are only the three of us scientists putting demands on their time. At a max, the station can handle 16 researchers. When the numbers get that high and you add in the staff to support them, you fill all the beds in the cabins and start putting people on cots in the dry lab and the shop (which are air conditioned). I am happy to be here while the numbers are low, and we have the luxury of not having to share a cabin.