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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- Mindi & shelled friends
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- More like a seapony.
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- These little parrots are keeping my cages clean.
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- Mindi assuming “the position.”
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- Settling sediments.
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- These starship destroyers of the sea are thick this time of year.
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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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- Clod cards deployed to assess water motion
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- Scorpion leaf fish: per pound, the coolest fish on the reef.
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- The elusive “tigermonkacuda”
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- Mark Miller on the longboard
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- Pau Hana = surf session
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- Mindi practicing her underwater juggling
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- Clod card construction – glueage
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- Pau Hana = surf session
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- Deployed SeaFET (pH sensor)
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- Mindi was the quintessential dive buddy & ‘lab’ assistant.
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- Clod card construction: drillage
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- Urchin diversity cages look great!
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- The flame angel is the star of the reef…brilliant!
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- SeaFET, dive slate, and Niskin on a “Pam” float — pH time!
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- An endangered hawksbill stopped by to inspect our work.
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- Levi assuming “the position.”
