{"id":793,"date":"2019-06-05T12:09:18","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T19:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/ebl\/?p=793"},"modified":"2019-07-11T15:49:09","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T22:49:09","slug":"tuesday-june-4-introduction-to-the-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/ebl\/2019\/06\/05\/tuesday-june-4-introduction-to-the-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday, June 4: Introduction to the \u201cIsland\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was 8:30 AM, I step out of the car to see this white rustic building matching the cold foggy weather. You could hear sea lions barking in the background from the marina behind me. {This is going to be my home for the next 10 weeks.}<br \/>\nWalking down the cold dark quiet hallway, I wondered to myself if this was the right place. Sure enough, Dr. Holly Bowers pokes her head out of this rather large but cozy office. I prop my stuff on an open spot on the desk and my tour of the laboratory and island begins!<br \/>\nHolly took me right down the street to visit the marine aquaculture laboratory. Shown below is one of the tanks that starfish and sea urchins thriving in!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-799 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/ebl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2019\/06\/IMG_5079-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/ebl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2019\/06\/IMG_5079-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/ebl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2019\/06\/IMG_5079-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/ebl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2019\/06\/IMG_5079-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/ebl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2019\/06\/IMG_5079.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nHere is a video of the marine aquaculture to get a broader insight into what it looks like!<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-playlist wp-video-playlist wp-playlist-light\">\n\t\t<video controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\" width=\"746\"\n\t\t height=\"1326\"\t><\/video>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-next\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-prev\"><\/div>\n\t<noscript>\n\t<ol>\n\t\t<li><a href='https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/ebl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2019\/06\/Marine-Aquaculture-Laboratory.mov'>Marine Aquaculture Laboratory<\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/ebl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2019\/06\/Otter.mov'>Otter<\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/ebl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2019\/06\/View-from-outside-Moss-Landing-Laboratory.mov'>View from outside Moss Landing Laboratory<\/a><\/li>\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/noscript>\n\t<script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"wp-playlist-script\">{\"type\":\"video\",\"tracklist\":true,\"tracknumbers\":true,\"images\":true,\"artists\":true,\"tracks\":[{\"src\":\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/ebl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2019\/06\/Marine-Aquaculture-Laboratory.mov\",\"type\":\"video\/quicktime\",\"title\":\"Marine Aquaculture Laboratory\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"\",\"meta\":{\"length_formatted\":\"0:07\"},\"dimensions\":{\"original\":{\"width\":720,\"height\":1280},\"resized\":{\"width\":746,\"height\":1326}},\"image\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/ebl\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/video.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64},\"thumb\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/ebl\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/video.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64}},{\"src\":\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/ebl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2019\/06\/Otter.mov\",\"type\":\"video\/quicktime\",\"title\":\"Otter\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"\",\"meta\":{\"length_formatted\":\"0:06\"},\"dimensions\":{\"original\":{\"width\":720,\"height\":1280},\"resized\":{\"width\":746,\"height\":1326}},\"image\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/ebl\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/video.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64},\"thumb\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/ebl\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/video.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64}},{\"src\":\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/ebl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2019\/06\/View-from-outside-Moss-Landing-Laboratory.mov\",\"type\":\"video\/quicktime\",\"title\":\"View from outside Moss Landing Laboratory\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"\",\"meta\":{\"length_formatted\":\"0:04\"},\"dimensions\":{\"original\":{\"width\":720,\"height\":1280},\"resized\":{\"width\":746,\"height\":1326}},\"image\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/ebl\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/video.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64},\"thumb\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/ebl\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/video.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64}}]}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<p>Today was very eye-opening to see a prolific amount of various species thriving in such an environment so close to me. 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