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Journal 18 - Sarah Lee: Day 6: Saturday, June 15, 2002 A lot of diving today. As the mission draws to a close, we spend more and more time in the water, trying to fit in as much research as possible. Although the visibility is still pretty low (because of storms up top), on our dive this afternoon we did have the opportunity to experience lightning from underwater. At first it did not really register (we were focused on the corals we were measuring) other than the wayward thought that it felt like someone was taking flash photography. Nitrogen narcosis, I'm sure. I never would have guessed it, but it is actually a bit chilly in the habitat. They keep the temperature in the main lock around 75 degrees to keep things from growing in the inevitably humid environment. By now all the aquanauts have various cuts and scrapes from working around the habitat or on the reef, and the low temperature keeps things from growing on us as well. Tomorrow promises to be another full day. In the morning Josh and I will
survey the community down at around 100 feet. It's incredible to think
that we can work at that depth and be limited by the amount of air in
our tanks, not by the no-decompression limits. To that end, I had better
fill my stomach and get to bed. |
Mission
Date: June, 2002 Mission Summary Aquanaut Profiles Expedition Journals Mission Pictures |
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