Late night research in the rain

By Suzanne Wentley
Posted at 11:30 PM on June 06, 2006

Even though many of these folks were up at 6 a.m. this morning, scientists are still pouring over data until late in the evening on the R/V Seward Johnson.

But what's really making news right now is the rain pouring over the boat -- right when the submersible was docking back on the ship! Tess Geers, an intern at Harbor Branch, just came running into the laboratory soaking wet. She was watching the sub come up and couldn't get out of the rain fast enough.

"I heard it coming over the water," she said. "But I couldn't make it!"

While she dried off, the other scientists continued their work indoors. Rachel Horak, a scientist with Georgia Tech, was watching a video taken yesterday from a nighttime submersible dive. She was in search of fish to identify and report. Marsh Youngbluth of Harbor Branch was doing work on his coral experiment in the cold room. John Reed was finishing up work before he departs the boat early tomorrow.

Everyone else who's awake is rushing outside -- after putting on rain jackets -- to collect everything that the submersible brought up. I think I'll head over to the wet lab (the very wet lab tonight) to see what they have!

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