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[petermarcus]

As tired as I was when I got home, I had to run out yesterday evening and do some work (side-job work, which is good, as opposed to day-job work, which is still kinda tricky right now.)

I drove deeper into midtown with the skyline lit on my left, and the thin edge of a crescent moon setting on the right. The crescent was so narrow, it was almost a Bailey's Beads sort of collection of holes and bright points. The rest of the moon was lit with earthshine, and as the new moon sat cradled in the old moon's arms, I parked my car in the underground parking of one of the tallest buildings in Atlanta.

Almost finished the job, too. More work today, then things might be ready for prime-time.

Slept nine hours last night, in the bliss of one's own bed, dreaming dreams of blue New Zealand seas and glowing crescent moons.

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[petermarcus.livejournal.com]

I've seen sturgeon in aquariums -- the Tennessee aquarium in Chattanooga has a pair. Haven't seen any in the wild yet, at least of any size. The Everglades have these prehistoric gar that are very cool and fun to watch. Their scales are square; very, very old configuration. I wouldn't call gar affectionate, though ;)

Could be dumping. There are dead zones in the Rockies where methane and CO2 leaks up from vents and kills off stuff in the area. I'd guess something like that, but the Gulf of Mexico isn't very geologically active.

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[sherahi.livejournal.com]

Oh, so you've personally documented every hydrothermal vent (which its not, probably,) on the eastern coast and gulf of mexico?? I'll let the DEWY people know, they could use you as a reference. :)

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[petermarcus.livejournal.com]

I haven't felt any earthquakes or tremors on this coast lately, how has your state been?

;-P

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[sherahi.livejournal.com]

No, DEWY is one of three (and I'm sure more,)small submersables that various universities/staff (etc) contract out to do hydrothermal vent work. :) UCSB used to be big on deep sea biology, I have no idea if anyone there still specializes in that enough that they could get that kind of serious funding. (I did coral work as an undergrad.)

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[sherahi.livejournal.com]

(Huey, Dewy and Luey. Dewy is the largest. It takes 3 people... I forget the name of the company who owns them.... it used to be something like 'Open Ocean Enterprises' or something goofy like that.)