It's friday.....

Ahhhhhhhhhh is all I can say. I've been here nearly three weeks, can hardly believe it. Today I got an account number for my start-up money - woo hoo! Now I can start to get all those things like an IP address, a photocopy number, a telephone........that is I can on tuesday, as i didn't have the number until all the secretaries had gone home and monday is a holiday........:0)

A comment from Dave on my previous post got me thinking. He asked me to show some pix of my science on here. Science. Of course! That is why I am here. So i've just looked through a bunch of pictures that reminded me why I love doing what I do. And that all the cr*p i've been through this week is worth it, because it means I get to keep doing what I love to do.......you probably didn't know you did it, but thanks for reminding me of that Dave! So here are a few pix from the deep - I don't have many here with me tonight, but i'll put a few more up in the coming weeks. Here is also a link to my podcast (scroll to Deep-Sea Corals), which has lots of cool pictures and video in..........but your not allowed to laugh.....esp at my mixed up UK-USA hybrid accent.....





I love this photo - it's a deepsea jellyfish that happened to get caught up on the lens of a camera we were dropping to the bottom - Deepstaria enigmatica

It's a deep-sea coral (~1000m) and it's purple.....we were meant for each other!

Today I also got a letter from Callie - thank you! So I thought I would post a picture of Calyfield - this is a hydrothermal vent on the Galapagos Rift, in 1679m of water, that I helped discover in 2002 on a cruise that took place just a few days after Callie was born. This is a picture taken out the window of DSV Alvin by either me, Tim (my pdoc advisor) or Phil the pilot. Pretty cool huh.

***If you wish to use these pictures for anything, please contact me and i'd be happy to help you***