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[jay]

Today... frustrated in drilling, we only went another 15cm. I joined a traverse to the center of the crater, and collected specimens from the central uplift area with some hydrothermal evidence. dangerpudding also went (her first trip away from base camp, yay!), and Sathya made an excellent dinner in her absence.

my tent Since Les asked about living spaces... here's a shot of my tent, with a view inside.

Drill was jammed Several times today, the drill jammed or choked. We made little progress, only about 15 cm.

Sarah vs Qimmiq This afternoon I joined a traverse to the center of the crater. Sarah had the day off, so joined us. Here she is... note that her helmet is on and strapped. ;)

Arctic poppy Growing against the elements, out at ground-zero...

Sarah in the crater She handled her ATV very well... here's a photo taken today in the crater.

Pascal stuck... I was second in the line of ATVs, behind Pascal. He decided to try a path down from our ridge. I thought it looked dubious and pulled up short. Here's Pascal stuck in the mud...

Hanagud dinner Sathya has made an Indian dinner once during every DAME field season, the past 3 years. Tonight was excellent... here he is at dinner. And a part of the crater rim (other side of the MS Hab) was named in his honor.

Comments

[patgreene.livejournal.com]

Sathya made dinner? *drool* Lucky you.

[tenacious-snail.livejournal.com]

Was the drill able to take appropriate steps for being stuck? Are you guys supposed to tell it when to stop drilling and try a new location? (that is, the one that will go to Mars).

The ice around the arctic poppy is impressive-- thank you.

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

The drill keeps taking appropriate steps, they just aren't having much positive effect. And the white-grey stuff is fallback breccia, rather than ice... :)

[cyan-blue.livejournal.com]

What is breccia?

[pure-agnostic.livejournal.com]

I'd suggest checking out the info on impact breccia here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breccia

Cheers, :-)

[cyan-blue.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know I could look it up (and I did click your link, thanks)... but I enjoy hearing my geologist boyfriend explain things in his own way. Brain fetish and all, y'know... :-)

[pure-agnostic.livejournal.com]

Ah! Understood! Brains are the sexiest body parts!

[cyan-blue.livejournal.com]

Yes, indeed!

[cortneyofeden.livejournal.com]

I was thinking that the temps dangerpudding had been quoting for there sounded awfully warm for that to be ice. :)

I can't help but giggle at the 35-50 degrees I remember her quoting being so much warmer than I thought it'd be from what you guys had been discussing. ::grin::

::hugs::

And since I was rather distracted with another birthday boy on Saturday, happy belated birthday!!!

[dangerpudding.livejournal.com]

It's warmer then usual this year, and warmer then we'd expected.. :)

[cyan-blue.livejournal.com]

Yay for good Indian food!

I've been curious about the relative layouts of the crater and the main camp... is the main camp outside the crater, or in a different part of the crater from the drill site?

And if it's the former, how steep are the crater walls? The Arizona crater didn't look like anything that one could drive an ATV down...