Day 18 - RIP Snappy

Today we lost a friend who brought us so many rocks and happiness into the surface world. While you were an inanimate object - and remain so - we will miss the glint of sun off your chrome. You were more than just a glorified basket. Rest in peace, Snappy, may there always be rocks in your belly and sand in your pants.

Jo Whittaker mourns the loss of faithful dredge, Snappy.

We are currently down 2/6 dredges. Fingers crossed no more suffer the same fate as Snappy. A second dredge was lost to the Pocklington ridge on the Louisiade Plateau, called Gummy, but that guy was a jerk.

Coco CHANEL

Greeting us in the rock classification lab this morning was a coconut:

We've pulled some pretty interesting rocks out from the seafloor - ignimbrite, diorite, serpentinite, and... coconut 🌰 Thanks to @EClennett for filling in the rock classification sheet 😂 We're calling it "Coco @CHANEL" #RVInvestigator @EarthByteGroup pic.twitter.com/TmF2NbKYYA
— Ben Mather (@BenRMather) August 24, 2019

Tiramisu

I’ve been quietly updating the food porn section of the website without mentioning it in my daily post, but this tiramisu was sooo good I have to share it here:

Applause to the chef :clap: Tasted a bit coconuty... — Applause to the chef 👏 Tasted a bit coconuty…

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