OT: Research Cruise Pictures

[Octoman]

I got to go on a day-trip research cruise last week and I thought I would share some photos with y'all.

The cruise was aboard the R/V Savannah based at the Skidaway Island Institute of Oceanography...

We headed out to the Savannah River, they had to put the drawbridge up for us...

On the way there we rode by Bonaventure cemetery (Garden of Good/Evil)...

Then we rode on into the Savannah River where we did CTD casts (measures water parameters throughout the depth of the River)...

 

[Octoman]

We also did trawls in the Savannah and out in the Atlantic Ocean. We pulled up some interesting stuff.

Newborn baby stingray...

Horseshoe crab (looks like something out of Alien)...

Shameface crab...

 

[Octoman]

The birds knew where the party was at and followed along closely...

 

[Octoman]

And the last couple pictures are of our mammalian friends who kept a close eye on us too...

 

[Gina]

Dang! That looks like alot of fun!
I loved the baby stingray! So cute!!!

 

[Gina]

Went deep sea fishing once and I had hoped the dolphins would follow the boat while we were out in the gulf but I only saw them from a distance.
Dolphins are my favorite marine animal.

 

[Royalscott]

Looks like you had a great day. Thank you for sharing it with us.

 

[Octoman]

It was a blast! I go on these cruises whenever I can, sometimes we get to do overnight trips. On the overnight trip last year, we were cruising at night and dolphins were riding the pressure wave up on the bow. When they jumped out of the water and splashed back in, there was bright burst of bioluminescent flashes all around them. It was an amazing sight!!

 

[AQTCJAK]

Very interesting trip Nice photos

 

[Frankie]

Awesome pictures Mark! I love the one of the pelican close to the water.

 

[nikkipigtails]

Awesome pics but I think I'll be having nightmares of that horseshoe crab tonight.

 

[dfurbee]

Nice, that would have been interesting. Shameface crab, I have never seen one before. Thanks for sharing.

 

[BoomerD]

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That's the first thing that comes to mind when I see a flock of flying rats...I mean seagulls nowadays..