Recovering rock samples
Samples come up to the surface in bioboxes with water from the bottom of the ocean. This way the samples are not contaminated by surface water and surface microbes. The water must be siphoned and stays with the sample until ready for sub-sampling or analysis.
| Photographer | Shawn Doan |
| Region | Hawaiian Islands |
| Location | Pele's Pit, Summit, Loihi Seamount |
| JASON Dive | J2-369 |
| JASON Event | Unknown |
| Latitude | Unknown |
| Longitude | Unknown |
| Elevation | Unknown |
| People | Esther Singer, Emily Knowles, Beth Orcutt |
| Keywords | Hawaii, Submarine, Volcano, Biogeosciences, Iron-oxidizing microbes, FeMO2008, TN225, R/V Thomas G. Thompson |
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