Day 7

We are now above Necker ridge @ 21º33.78' N, 168º14.52' W, 18:15 Hawaii time.
The Baco-Taylor team had their first dive. They brought up a bunch of deep sea corals and sponges and are now in the lab taking care of every sample as I write. They put samples in
ethanol, in a RNA preserver, whole branches for morphology, etc. etc... and they keep that at different temperatures (-20ºC and -80ºC) to favour the preservation of DNA and RNA. They
also brought two samples of rocks that seem to be lava covered in a dark crust of metal oxides.
The day was ok, very quiet on board. I had a bit of sea-sickness, but I'm better now, it was not too bad. Wind keeps blowing and swell is higher than two days ago. The boat keeps
wobbling.
Today it's a week since we started the trip!
Saludos a todos,
Tavo