{"id":78,"date":"2014-07-16T19:00:14","date_gmt":"2014-07-16T19:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/sonne-oasis\/?p=78"},"modified":"2014-07-17T14:21:37","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T14:21:37","slug":"dealing-with-big-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/sonne-oasis\/2014\/07\/16\/dealing-with-big-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Dealing with big things"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8217;40-hr station&#8217; (altered now to 48 hours) is well underway, with students participating in both day and night shifts. Although there are no lectures, there is still much work to do and a lot of coffee to drink. The night brought with it an increase in the swell of the waves, hence the ship is now rocking along 5 metre high waves. The amount of weather related complaints have increased slightly too as we all hope for higher temperatures. At least there has been no rain.<br \/>\nCTD&#8217;s have and will be deployed every six hours so there is plenty of sampling to do. Today we also reached a new milestone on the cruise, the release of a huge ozonesonde. Nearly a dozen helpers were on hand to assist with the operation. Thankfully, the wind wasn&#8217;t as extreme as it has been, so it was relatively easy to handle the large balloon. The data is now being downloaded as we type.<br \/>\nThe ozonesonde launch was so successful that even a family of whales wanted to celebrate. Within minutes the ship started to lean to one side from the weight of all the people taking pictures. At one point a whale came within meters of the ship, forcing the crowd of whale spectators to gasp with excitement.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!-- Rendered by FancyBox without labels BEGIN -->\n\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t\t\t#gallery-0 {\n\t\t\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t#gallery-0 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\t\t\twidth: 49%;\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t#gallery-0 img {\n\t\t\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t#gallery-0 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t<\/style>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n$(document).ready(function() {\n\t\/*\n\t *  Simple image gallery. 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Photo: Folkard Wittrock\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/sonne-oasis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2014\/07\/SO234-2_Blog8_FolkardWittrock-135x135.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/dt><\/dl>\n\n<dl class=\"gallery-item\"><dt class=\"gallery-icon\">\n\t\t<a class=\"fancybox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/sonne-oasis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2014\/07\/SO234-2_Blog8-02_FolkardWittrock.jpg\" rel=\"gallery-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"135\" height=\"135\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"Ozonesonde launch on 16 July 2014. Photo: Folkard Wittrock\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/sonne-oasis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2014\/07\/SO234-2_Blog8-02_FolkardWittrock-135x135.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/dt><\/dl>\n\n<\/div><br clear=\"all\" \/><!-- Rendered by FancyBox without labels END -->\n<br \/>\nWe are now around half way through the &#8217;48-hour station&#8217;. Tomorrow, we will start heading towards Port Louis. In the meantime, the students will prepare and present the results they found during the last few days. It will be interesting to see everyones results.<\/p>\n<p><em>by Steffen Fuhlbr\u00fcgge &amp; Michael Hemming<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8217;40-hr station&#8217; (altered now to 48 hours) is well underway, with students participating in both day and night shifts. Although there are no lectures, there is still much work to do and a lot of coffee to drink. 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