We had another monster station again this early morning, which was around 2:30. Luckily, the bongo and the MOCNESS were able to go first so we were able to get out of the way early. There was something really cool that happened last night though. Do you all remember how I told you that krill and other zooplankton are capable of blue bioluminescence? Well, as the MOCNESS was being towed up to the surfact, while it was still underwater, we were able to see a bright blue sheen come up from under the waves. It seemed that we had caught so many animals in the one bucket and they were all agitated so they all began to glow at the same time and it was breathtaking. I've seen the krill glow in a cooler and resemble the night sky, but this was like a blue reflection of the moon, bright and mysterious, on the face of the water. Unfortunately we weren't expecting it at all so we didn't have cameras ready, but I'll keep a look out next time for all of you. If it happens again, I'll do my best to snap a pic. Aside from that, the evening was pretty much cut and dry. I did get quite a bit of work done on my presentation though, at least five slides, resulting in a grand total of fourteen so far. I'm sure I might edit a few when I'm through, but that's fourteen less than I have to do from now on.

It is a startling 10 more days until we roll back into Dutch Harbor. It's truly hard to believe that we've burned through nearly twenty days already but when looking back, it did go pretty fast. Anyway, I stayed up later than I should have yesterday morning so I'm going to go to bed. Before I go, I just want to repeat my offer of answering any questions. Just write a comment or e-mail me at cm320@lyon.edu and I'll get back to you either in the next blog or in an e-mail. Alright everyone, stay cool and take it easy.