PI SARAH GRAY HAPPY ABOUT GOOD CORE RECOVERY WITH THE MULTI-CORE STUDENTS LOOKING FOR FORAMINIFERA ON ROCKS WITH MICROSCOPES R/V SALLY RIDE COLLECTS A LOT OF DATA AND IT IS DISPLAYED ON THESE SCREENS PI TONY RATHBURN AND HIS STUDENT CREW FROM CSUB R/V SALLY RIDE PART OF A FORAMINIFERA UNDER A MICROSCOPE FORAMINIFERA ENCRUSTED ON A ROCK STUDENT DECORATED STYROFOAM HEADS THAT WERE SENT TO THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN AND SHRUNK DUE TO PRESSURE HAVING FUN LOADING THE SHIP WHO SAID YOU CAN’T HAVE FUN LOADING THE SHIP PREPPING SAMPLE CONTAINERS FOR WHEN MORE MUD IS BROUGHT UP STUDENTS ENJOYING THEIR TIME AT SEA STUDENTS AND STAFF FROM CSUB ALL CRUISE PARTICIPANTS MUST PRACTICE PUTTING ON THE GUMBY SUIT SUNSET ON THE OCEAN HARD AT WORK AS THE SUN COMES DOWN THIS WAS ONE HAPPY SCIENCE CREW! A FORAMINIFERA ENCRUSTED ROCK, READY TO BE LOOKED AT UNDER THE SCOPE THIS ROCK IS COVERED IN FORAMINIFERA STUDENTS CHECKING OUT WHAT CAME UP IN THE VAN VEEN GRAB IT’S ALWAYS EXCITING TO SEE WHAT THE VAN VEEN GRAB HOLDS RECOVERING THE VAN VEEN GRAB A STUDENT GETTING IN ON THE ACTION OF RECOVERING EQUIPMENT DECORATING STYROFOAM HEADS WAS A GOOD WAY TO PASS DOWN TIME RECORDING INFORMATION ABOUT THE RECOVERED CORER SOME OF THE SCREENS TELL YOU WHERE THE INSTRUMENT IS IN THE WATER COLUMN MONITORING ACQUIRED DATA HARD AT WORK, BUT HAVING FUN, EVEN ON THE NIGHT SHIFT ENGINE ROOM TOUR OF THE R/V SALLY RIDE WORKING TO PRESERVE ROCK SAMPLES FOR SHORE-BASED ANALYSIS THERE WERE LOTS OF SMILES ON THIS VOYAGE PI SARAH GRAY AND HER CREW FROM USD JUST BACK TO THE DOCK AND TIME FOR A GROUP PHOTO SCIENCE CREW ON THE R/V SALLY RIDE