Week 2 of Expedition 390 on the JOIDES Resolution has passed. Here are some highlights. (Credit: Marlo Garnsworthy & IODP) [Photo ID: 027_exp390_C086.jpg]
On the weather front: stormy seas, zero visibility, and high winds dominated most of the week. (Credit: Sandra Herrmann, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 028_exp390_230.jpg]
In the core lab: 390C core description continues. Here, Pamela Kempton (Petrologist, Kansas State University, USA) describes a breccia core. (Credit: Sandra Herrmann, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 029_exp390_294.jpg]
Masataka Aizawa’s birthday (Inorganic Geochemist, University of the Ryukyus, Japan). Congratulations! (Credit: Angela Slagle & IODP) [Photo ID: 030_exp390_C093.jpg]
Outside, spectacled petrels dart over the wave tops. (Credit: Marlo Garnsworthy & IODP) [Photo ID: 031_exp390_C091.jpg]
In the conference room, participants practice donning survival suits. From top left: Jaume Dinares-Turrell (Paleomagnetist, National Institute of Geophysics and Vulcanology, Italy), Mako Takada (Microbiologist/Organic Geochemist, The University of Tokyo, Japan), Pamela Kempton (Petrologist, Kansas State University, USA), Jason Sylvan (Co-Chief Scientist, Texas A&M University, USA), and Claire Routledge (Micropaleontologist, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Germany). (Credit: Sandra Herrmann, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 032_exp390_395.jpg]
Survival suit success! From left: Kiho Yang (Sedimentologist, Pusan National University, Republic of Korea), Aiden Leetz (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO), Claire Routledge (Micropaleontologist, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Germany), Pamela Kempton (Petrologist, Kansas State University, USA), and Myriam Kars (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO). (Credit: Sandra Herrmann, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 033_exp390_282.jpg]
Laura Guertin (Outreach Officer, Penn State Brandywine, USA) interviews Claire Routledge (Micropaleontologist, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Germany) in the core lab for a broadcast outreach event. (Credit: Sandra Herrmann, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 034_exp390_299.jpg]
Sunrise provides a welcome break. (Credit: Marlo Garnsworthy & IODP) [Photo ID: 035_exp390_C090.jpg]
Lewis Grant (Physical Properties Specialist, University of Southampton, UK) images Expedition 390C whole-round cores on the DMT scanner before they are split. (Credit: Marlo Garnsworthy & IODP) [Photo ID: 036_exp390_C085.jpg]
A yellow-nosed albatross seems to defy gravity as he maneuvers through the sky. (Credit: Marlo Garnsworthy & IODP) [Photo ID: 037_exp390_C092.jpg]
In the galley, Mexican theme night was obviously a hit with Andrew McIntyre (Physical Properties Specialist, The Open University, UK), Claire Routledge (Micropaleontologist, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Germany), and Laura Guertin (Outreach Officer, Penn State Brandywine, USA). (Credit: Sandra Herrmann, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 038_exp390_399.jpg]
During the midnight to noon shift, Leonardo Tamborrino (Sedimentologist, MARUM, Germany) describes sediments as Chris Lowery (Micropaleontologist, University of Texas at Austin, USA) contemplates where to take a sample. (Credit: Marlo Garnsworthy & IODP) [Photo ID: 039_exp390_C088.jpg]
Little, colorful Easter bunnies showed up all over the lab stack on Easter Sunday. What a joy! (Credit: Emily Estes, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 040_exp390_C097.jpg]
Weather update: Waves are high, winds are blowing, but sometimes the sky above turns blue. (Credit: Sandra Herrmann, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 041_exp390_262.jpg]
During the noon to midnight shift, Kiho Yang (Sedimentologist, Pusan National University, Republic of Korea) describes sediment. (Credit: Sandra Herrmann, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 042_exp390_296.jpg]
Assistant Laboratory Officer Beth Novak and Marine Laboratory Specialist use the winch control to haul in the towed magnetometer before reaching the first site. (Credit: Sandra Herrmann, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 043_exp390_308.jpg]
Alejandro Avila Santis (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO) pulls the magnetometer on board as Garrick Van Rensburg (Marine Electronics Technician, IODP JRSO) stands by to help. (Credit: Sandra Herrmann, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 044_exp390_316.jpg]
Low-hanging clouds set the mood for this fiery sunrise. (Credit: Myriam Kars, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 045_exp390_C095.jpg]
At last! The technicians line up for the first core on deck of Expedition 390. (Credit: Sandra Herrmann, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 046_exp390_326.jpg]
Alejandro Avila Santis and Myriam Kars (Marine Laboratory Specialists, IODP JRSO) give the thumbs up while anticipating the first core. Behind, Roz Coggon (Co-Chief Scientist, University of Southampton, UK) watches the progress on the rig floor. (Credit: Sandra Herrmann, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 047_exp390_334.jpg]
On the catwalk, Chieh Peng (Laboratory Officer, IODP JRSO) and Jason Sylvan (Co-Chief Scientist, Texas A&M University, USA) wait patiently to find out what the first core holds. (Credit: Sandra Herrmann, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 048_exp390_335.jpg]
Operations Superintendent Steve Midgley (IODP JRSO) updates Co-Chief Scientist Roz Coggon (University of Southampton, UK) on the drilling parameters. (Credit: Sandra Herrmann, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 049_exp390_357.jpg]
A moment later, Jason Sylvan (Co-Chief Scientist, Texas A&M University, USA), Brittany Martinez (Curatorial Specialist, IODP JRSO), and Roz Coggon (Co-Chief Scientist, University of Southampton, UK) discuss sampling the first recovered core sections. (Credit: Sandra Herrmann, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 050_exp390_366.jpg]
In the splitting room, the core pieces are shaken out and binned. Curatorial Specialist Brittany Martinez (IODP JRSO) and Co-Chief Scientists Jason Sylvan (Texas A&M University, USA) and Roz Coggon (University of Southampton, UK). (Credit: Sandra Herrmann, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 051_exp390_377.jpg]
In the chemistry lab, Jason Sylvan (Co-Chief Scientist, Texas A&M University, USA) trains Mako Takada (Microbiologist/Organic Geochemist, The University of Tokyo, Japan) the cleaning procedure for the microbiology sample. (Credit: Sandra Herrmann, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 052_exp390_381.jpg]
Pamela Kempton (Petrologist, Kansas State University, USA) draws split lines on the core pieces. (Credit: Sandra Herrmann, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 053_exp390_394.jpg]