Working in the Paleo pre laboratory. The contents of a core catcher are seen in a bowl in the foreground of this photograph. Milos Bartol (Paleontologist, Uppsala University, Sweden) and Karen Gariboldi (Paleontologist, Università di Pisa, Italy) prepare smear slides from the sample to be examined for microfossils under a microscope. (Credit: Liping Zhou & IODP) [Photo ID: exp353_076]