Painting the Last Giant PEZ Candy
Cover photo by Cassi: the artists and their work!
Nick, Alan, Savannah, Nikko, and the last OBS we deployed during this cruise. This OBS has a unique flotation. Photo by Todd.
The OBS deployment has been completed! Following a tradition for OBS cruises, we painted a piece of the flotation foam, and attached it to the last OBS that went into the water.
A picture of the flotation before it was assembled to the last OBS. Photo by Alan.
The yellow 'PEZ candy-like’ component of OBS is a syntactic foam. It provides buoyancy forces to OBS, allowing it to float back to the surface.
Savannah and Cassi, the artists who designed and painted our flotation, are exchanging their idea.
Cassi and Savannah designed and painted the flotation with the theme of “flame”. This research expedition is a part of FLAME (FLorida Atlantic Margin Evolution) project, which conducts seismic survey at the Blake Plateau with the research vessel Marcus G. Langseth.
The evening group (Ko, Nick, Leon, Nikko, Savannah, Todd, Sean, and Alan, who took this picture) is deploying the last OBS.
Harm, the PI of the FLAME project, and the OBS. Photo by Todd.