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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- These little parrots are keeping my cages clean.
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- Have you seen the movie Junior? It’s like that to the Hippocampus.
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- Levi assuming “the position.”
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- Mark Miller on the longboard
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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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- Pau Hana = surf session
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- Mindi & shelled friends
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- The epitome of majestic.
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- An endangered hawksbill stopped by to inspect our work.
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- Scorpion leaf fish: per pound, the coolest fish on the reef.
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- The flame angel is the star of the reef…brilliant!
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- Clod cards deployed to assess water motion
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- The elusive “tigermonkacuda”
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- SeaFET, dive slate, and Niskin on a “Pam” float — pH time!
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- More like a seapony.
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- Urchin diversity cages look great!
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- Mindi practicing her underwater juggling
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- Clod card construction: drillage
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- Clod card construction – glueage
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- Settling sediments.
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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.
