I just returned home from another 3-wk trip to Maui. This trip, I inspected and confirmed that all experiments were still in place, cleaned & repaired equipment, and collected additional data. If you need a refresher, you can read about our projects here (last 3).
I also scheduled some free time with my good friend, Maui roommate, and future dive buddy Mark. We had a lot of fun hanging out! Shenanigans included Gabriel Iglesias (LIVE), MBC, Don’s winter wonderland, Lulu’s pool & bevs, etc. We also got to hang out with Meg D on several occasions, and much of Makai Watch folks (incl. CORAL & DAR).
- Gabriel (LIVE!) was hot, fluffy and hilarious!
My dive buddy this trip was Mindi Summers, also a student at Scripps. She was a huge help, a lot of fun, and great in the water. We swam all over the island, collecting water samples, scrubbing CAU cages, deploying SeaFETs, harassing urchins, and gawking at sea turtles, humpback whales, mantas, nudibranchs, and a tigermokacuda. Work hard, play hard; I need a (short) vacation from Maui. ;~)
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- Urchin diversity cages look great!
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- Pau Hana = surf session
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- These starship destroyers of the sea are thick this time of year.
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- Mindi assuming “the position.”
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- These little parrots are keeping my cages clean.
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- SeaFET, dive slate, and Niskin on a “Pam” float — pH time!
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- Clod card construction – glueage
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- Have you seen the movie Junior? It’s like that to the Hippocampus.
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- The epitome of majestic.
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- Scorpion leaf fish: per pound, the coolest fish on the reef.
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- Settling sediments.
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- Mindi was the quintessential dive buddy & ‘lab’ assistant.
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- Clod cards deployed to assess water motion
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- Deployed SeaFET (pH sensor)
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- More like a seapony.
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- An endangered hawksbill stopped by to inspect our work.
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- Pau Hana = surf session
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- The elusive “tigermonkacuda”
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- Mindi & shelled friends
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- Mark Miller on the longboard
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- The flame angel is the star of the reef…brilliant!
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- Clod card construction: drillage
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- Mindi practicing her underwater juggling
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- Levi assuming “the position.”
