Mardi Gras

Here are some of the pics from this years Mardi Gras

MISSISSIPPI CANYON

Coring off of the Mississippi Canyon (Gulf of Mexico) aboard the Pelican, we are looking for methan hydrates





We are using a gravity coring device to take cores



Retrieving a core



Taking sediment out of the core catcher



Bob Woolsey looking over the deck



Sunset



Here I am proping up the cores

Bonfire

This is the start of the year bonfire. Located on the fabulously fake beach in Mississippi


Kevin playing with fire



us standing around waiting for more people to show up



Meritt and Pradnya do not like to get wet, it had started to rain



Don talking to his students



Susanne with a big grin on her face