On and Around the Island:
The Bermuda Biological Station for Research. This is Wright Hall which is the original BBSR building; we ate most of our meals on the balcony above the large stairway. |
The dock and dive shop at the Bermuda Biological Station for Research. |
This is the view from the balcony of the Biological Station. |
Becky (L) and Shannon (R) at sea on the Henry Stommel. |
Bomber (Alfred) piloting the Henry Stommel. Bomber knows the waters around Bermuda better than anyone. |
Becky and Laura studying the distribution of sediments and organisms in shallow waters of Harrington Sound. |
Large, angry, bottom-dwelling jellyfish (Cassiopea) that has been harassed by some geologists in Harrington Sound.
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Day 1, stop 1 of our field trip, Whalebone Bay. The class is in the water studying shallow water environments along the rocky coast. (It's a tough job, but somebody has to do it!) |
Great Pleistocene limestone exposures in Blackwatch Pass near Hamilton. |
Dave at Warwick Long Beach getting ready to lead a beach assault out to the reefs just off shore. |
The group studying a Pleistocene beach deposit that is overlain by a soil horizon which is itself buried by a Pleistocene eolian dune deposit, Devonshire Bay. |
Tom describing the fish he saw--the one that got away before he could photograph it. |
The group standing in front of a well-developed terra rossa paleosoil on the Walsingham limestone. |
Large spider (about 8 inches from leg tip to leg tip) just hanging out and enjoying the sunshine. |
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