{"id":7053,"date":"2021-07-14T04:22:43","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T04:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/?p=7053"},"modified":"2021-07-29T21:35:19","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T21:35:19","slug":"day-23-summer-2021-diving-into-the-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/day-23-summer-2021-diving-into-the-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 23: Diving Into the End"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today\u2019s blog entry is brought to you by Meg, Naomi, and Ana. Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Project Time<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The familiar sound of a beeping alarm clock symbolized the start of the day for us here at Salish Sea Sciences this morning. Although it takes most of us a while to qualify as fully functioning after waking up, we were excited to get some project work time following breakfast. Some of us worked on our univariate and multivariate graphs with the help of Derek and Tim, and others worked on more research and additional project concerns. Anxiety has set upon all of us as the deadline for projects – and the final day of the program – creeps closer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo on the left: Derek Smith helping analyze data with Sonja and Dustin. Photo on the right: Islay and Maddy discussing their poster projects. Pictures: Ana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spineless<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After some much needed project time, we had a special treat. Susan Middleton<\/a>, amazing photographer and storyteller, came to speak with us about her work! While she passed around copies of her remarkable marine invertebrate book, “Spineless”, we had the pleasure of hearing about all of her adventures; she told us of her photo-shoots alongside Richard Avedon (an American fashion and portrait photographer for Vogue and Harper\u2019s Bazaar), her NOAA voyages, and her University of Washington courses with Gustav Paulay (Professor of Biology at UW) right here at Friday Harbor Labs. From the moment she set eyes on the NOAA scientist\u2019s invertebrates, she never went back to terrestrial organisms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spineless by Susan Middleton Picture: Susan Middleton\u2019s Website<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Susan Middleton\u2019s discussion on her path to marine invertebrates portraiture Photo: Miranda<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have not seen her work, Susan Middleton is best known for the isolation of her photography subjects. Her portraiture pieces encapsulate the unique essence of individual animals, not just the on-the-surface beauty. Though often she is the one learning from her research colleagues, sometimes her photographs are able to reveal brand new behaviors that researchers and students have never seen before. By shooting each animal – and not just the charismatic ones – on a simple black or white background, she is able to convey the story of often forgotten animals. She uses her powerful pieces to advocate for the protection of animals and land across the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The stories she told us led to discussions and questions; before we knew it our time was up. We thanked her for sharing all of her fascinating experiences and prepared for today\u2019s trip to FHL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diver for a Day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After lunch, we set out to the Friday Harbor Labs to observe Tim and Jason Wood<\/a> diving! We sat down in front of a T.V. that was hooked to a camera that Tim and Jason took down when they dove. It was awesome to see all that is going on below the docks: we saw large crabs, lots of seaweed, henricia sea stars, sponges, hydroids, white plumose anemones, nereocystis, and sea squirts! Additionally, we learned all about the proper scuba diving equipment and attire, and how to communicate underwater when you can\u2019t speak aloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tim during the Diver for a Day demonstration! Pictures: Naomi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to the Buddy phone, we were able to speak to Tim underwater, ask him questions, and ask him to focus the camera on especially cool marine organisms. Unfortunately for Tim, he was not able to respond. Anyways, we hope he enjoyed our group rendition of Let it Go!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tim Dwyer and Jason Wood exiting the water and coiling hydrophone wire. Picture: Naomi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Surprise Guests<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After heading back from the labs and having exploration time to work on projects or relax, we had dinner with two special guests: Abby and Ana\u2019s sisters, Gabrielle and Zoe. Both Gabrielle and Zoe attended the Salish Sea Science program in 2018 and continued work in sciences. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabrielle attended the Robinson center, which is a program through the University of Washington, where the kids have one transition year after middle school and then go straight into college at UW. She is majoring in Neuroscience and studying neurocircuitry and how it affects mice behavior. Zoe, after the Salish program, completed a capstone-like project through the Marine Chemistry program at Bellarmine Prep high school on the CO2 <\/sub>intake of Eelgrass. Next year she will be attending UC Davis majoring in agriculture and environmental science. We are so glad to have two amazing guests who can share their experiences since attending Salish Sea Sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gabrielle on the left and Zoe on the right. Picture: Ana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As project crunch-time continues, the ice cream tubs keep getting lower and our excitement keeps growing. We can\u2019t wait to see what tomorrow will bring!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today\u2019s blog entry is brought to you by Meg, Naomi, and Ana. Enjoy! Project Time The familiar sound of a beeping alarm clock symbolized the start of the day for us here at Salish Sea Sciences this morning. Although it takes most of us a while to qualify as fully functioning after waking up, we were excited to get some project work time following breakfast. Some of us worked on our univariate and multivariate graphs with the help of Derek and Tim, and others worked on more research and additional project concerns. Anxiety has set upon all of us as the deadline for projects – and the final day of … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":147,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7053"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/147"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7053"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7138,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7053\/revisions\/7138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}