{"id":6638,"date":"2012-12-18T11:35:30","date_gmt":"2012-12-18T19:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mlmlblog.wordpress.com\/?p=6638"},"modified":"2020-10-21T17:38:03","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T00:38:03","slug":"another-one-dives-the-deep-fall-science-diving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/2012\/12\/18\/another-one-dives-the-deep-fall-science-diving\/","title":{"rendered":"Another One Dives the Deep: Fall Science Diving"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Scott Gabara<\/h3>\n

You dive into the cool blue-green seawater. \u00a0You inflate your\u00a0buoyancy\u00a0compensator as you near the bottom. \u00a0You check your air on your\u00a0Submersible Pressure Gauge\u00a0(SPG) and sign an \"Ok\" to your buddy. \u00a0After tying off the transect tape you place your slate out in front of you, align the lubber line of your\u00a0compass, and begin swimming at 300 degrees. \u00a0You are identifying fish to species, placing them into one of three size bins, and\u00a0recording\u00a0that onto your data sheet. \u00a0If this sounds like a lot to do you are right! \u00a0The fall marine science diving course at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories recently celebrated the hard work they have done during the semester with a boat trip to a unique dive location. \u00a0We were able to utilize MLML's R\/V John H. Martin\u00a0to transport us to the Carmel Pinnacles State Marine Reserve off Pescadero and anchor on a GPS point where the granite pinnacles come close to the surface.<\/p>\n

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MLML's R\/V John H. Martin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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MLML Science Diving students Catarina Pien (left) and Melinda Wheelock (right) pose for a picture at Carmel Pinnacles.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Impressive granite walls create swim-throughs for divers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We experienced large\u00a0granitic walls and a ballet of sea lions. \u00a0It was a great way to finish up the semester of diving and now mentally prepare for the final exam filled with gas laws and dive table problems. \u00a0I always find myself thinking where will these divers go and what exciting dives await them after the completion of the class.<\/p>\n

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John Douglas and Liza Schmidt operate the R\/V John Martin and help us aboard using the swim step ladder.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Scott Gabara You dive into the cool blue-green seawater. \u00a0You inflate your\u00a0buoyancy\u00a0compensator as you near the bottom. \u00a0You check your air on your\u00a0Submersible Pressure Gauge\u00a0(SPG) and sign an “Ok” to your buddy. \u00a0After tying off the transect tape you place your slate out in front of you, align the lubber line of your\u00a0compass, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":291,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[92,213],"class_list":["post-6638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drop-inblog","tag-diving","tag-phycology-lab"],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"MLML Student Life","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/291"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6638"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20864,"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6638\/revisions\/20864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}