Sunrise over the rig floor starts week 4 of Expedition 397 on the JOIDES Resolution. (Credit: Sandra Herrmann, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 068_exp397_0628]
Work on the ship never stops! Here, Sophie Hines (Inorganic Geochemist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA) grinds samples for carbonate analyses. (Credit: Sandra Herrmann, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 069_ exp397_0550]
In the splitting room, Aidan Leetz (left) and Alejandro Avila Santis (right) (Marine Laboratory Specialists, IODP JRSO) prepare a freshly split core section for the shipboard scientists to study. (Credit: Sandra Herrmann, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 070_ exp397_0678]
William Clark (Micropaleontologist, University of Alabama, USA) checks the cores for potential intervals to sample. (Credit: Sandra Herrmann, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 071_ exp397_0561]
Junichiro Kuroda (Physical Properties Specialist, University of Tokyo, Japan) works at the moisture and density station. (Credit: Sandra Herrmann, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 072_exp397_0564]
On the catwalk, a new core arrives. (Credit: Sandra Herrmann, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 073_exp397_0573]
In the meantime, the drilling crew makes up a new connection of drill pipe. (Credit: Sandra Herrmann, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 074_exp397_0584]
The view up the derrick. (Credit: Sandra Herrmann, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 075_exp397_0587]
Chuang Xuan (Paleomagnetist, University of Southampton, UK) celebrates his birthday during week 4 with a P-mag crown and a cake. (Credit: Sandra Herrmann, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 076_exp397_0615]
At night, a full moon watches over the ship. (Credit: Carlos Alvarez Zarikian, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 077_exp397_C0650]
Every day, more cores are received. Here, Dan Marone (Assistant Laboratory Officer, IODP JRSO) receives the core catcher assembly from the Siem rig floor crew while his colleagues prepare to extract the 9.5 m core liner from the core barrel. (Credit: Sandra Herrmann, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 078_exp397_0592]
At shift change, Louise Dauchy-Tric (Paleomagnetist, Université de Paris, France) and Chuang Xuan (Paleomagnetist, University of Southampton, UK) have a cross over chat about potential issues and outstanding tasks. (Credit: Sandra Herrmann, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 079_exp397_0595]
Jessica Riekenberg (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO) runs samples on the Bruker D4 ENDEAVOR X-ray Diffractometer (XRD) in the X-ray laboratory. (Credit: Sandra Herrmann, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 080_exp397_0599]
The sky just before sunrise, with the pipe racker in the foreground. (Credit: Sandra Herrmann, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 081_exp397_0604]
Siem personnel control the coreline. (Credit: Sandra Herrmann, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 082_exp397_0679]
Sunrise over the Atlantic. (Credit: Kevin Grigar, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 083_exp397_C0653]
Happy birthday Daniel Rudbäck (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO). A crowd gathers to taste the delicious cake and celebrate with him. (Credit: Sandra Herrmann, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 084_exp397_0642]
A karaoke evening for a birthday celebration. What a treat! (Credit: Saray Sanchez & IODP) [Photo ID: 085_exp397_C0661]
The Entier crew puts on a wonderful BBQ feast, including this roasted piglet. (Credit: Sandra Herrmann, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 086_exp397_0624]
Siem rig floor personnel take time for a short pose for the camera between cores. (Credit: Sandra Herrmann, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 087_exp397_0630]
From left: Viviane dos Santos Rocha (Sedimentologist, Northern Illinois University, USA), May Huang (Physical Properties Specialist, National Museum of Natural History, USA), Emilia Salgueiro (Sedimentologist, IPMA, Portugal), and Xiaolei Pang (Sedimentologist, Peking University, China) enjoy some outdoor time. (Credit: Carlos Alvarez Zarikian, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 088_exp397_C0648]
Jiawang Wu (Inorganic Geochemist, Sun Yat-Sen University, China) processes samples in the chemistry laboratory. (Credit: Xiaolei Pang & IODP) [Photo ID: 089_exp397_C0675]
The Siem driller in the driller console always has an eye on the gauges. (Credit: Carlos Alvarez Zarikian, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 090_exp397_C0644]
One last glimpse of the cloudy Atlantic and some vessel traffic that passes by in the distance. (Credit: Sandra Herrmann, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 091_exp397_0634]