Jarvis Island
Sunrise. Hello Jarvis!
As the sun rises the island appear with the sound of thousands of sea birds nesting on its shores.
_Panoramic view at sunrise
_Panoramic view at noon
_Jarvis beacon
After brekfast, a daily safty breifing and immediately the boats start launching:
Some are heading to shore.
_Avon is loaded and headed the shore.
And others are going diving.
_HI2 is loaded and headed to the diving sites, accompanied by a friendly dolphin.
It’s just another day at the “office” to some of these guys!
_School of dolphins playing around the boat as the coxswain challenges them.
_Grey reef shark.
_School of Blackjacks.
_While the team surveys the corals, the precious microbes I collected are stored in the blue containers.
In the afternoon, the teams return to the ship to analyze the samples and data collected.
_ARMS team processing the artificial reef recovered that morning.
_The microbiologist on board (me), filtering and analyzing seawater collected adjacent to the coral reef.
And what can be better than finishing the day watching an equitorial sunset! (maybe ice creame?)
