FeMO3 Dive Cruise 2008
Studying Fe-Oxidizing Microbes on Loihi Seamount -- JASON2 on the R/V Thomas G. Thompson -- TN225

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Josh Working with Vacuum Apparatus
Josh reassembling the vacuum apparatus. In order to avoid contamination by atmospheric gasses the rock samples are placed under a very high vacuum - about 1/10,000 of an atmosphere.

 
Photographer  Shawn Doan
Region  Hawaiian Islands
Location  Pele's Pit, Pohaku, Summit, North Rift, Loihi Seamount
JASON Dive  J2-368
JASON Event  Unknown
Latitude  Unknown
Longitude  Unknown
Elevation  Unknown
People  Josh Curtice
Keywords  Hawaii, Submarine, Volcano, Biogeosciences, Iron-oxidizing microbes, FeMO2008, TN225, R/V Thomas G. Thompson
02 October 2008
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