Photography, cruises and Exhibitions

Preparation

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:47:19 +0100

I have been planning and packing my equipment for the cruise which departs from Cape Town at the beginning of November. A long way off and difficult to decide what I might need for a trip 3 months away. Also what I can do without.
I think I will get a better idea of what is involved after meeting people on Friday

Video success

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 10:08:59 +0100

Back at last but after a successful time at sea. Getting to grips with the ROV camera and hopefully achieving what we went for. We had aspirations about what we might find on the sea floor but were not expecting to find what we did. There are always thoughts that we might find new species, but this time we did. The highlight in this are has to be the enteropneusts, the acorn worms or so-called missing links. These are fragile animals which have never been collected intact. But we not only achieved this but also found 3 distinct types, differing between North and South of the CGFZ but also observed on swimming. In fact most of the sedentary animals apppear to have the ability to swim. Holothurians in particular “get up off the bottom” and swim in the slow current just above the sea floor. Not surprising really but not observed to the extent we saw them.
I have a lot of stills and video to prepare.....

Tuesday, 27 July 2010

James Cook

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 10:05:16 +0100

It is less than 2 weeks now before the “Big Event” to the Mid Atlantic Ridge.
Hopefully the Ash Cloud will stay away long enough for us to get to St Johns in Canada to join the ship. Most of my gear has already gone but I am still getting the final bits and pieces and tying up loose ends before I go.

OceanLab has created a new blog page which will be updated daily by scientists on board.
http://ecomar2010.wordpress.com/

ECOMAR 2010

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 09:57:26 +0100

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