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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.uri.edu/endeavor/thera/log6-08-06.html" title="..." target="window_name">Thera Expedition: Thera Expedition: 6/08/06</a><br />');
document.write('	<p><a href=\"<p>Well, the Thera expedition is winding down and the scientists are busy<br /> collecting all of their data and belongings. We spent the day in the caldera<br /> because the weather was a bit windy outside. With Hercules back in action we<br /> took the opportunity to do some sampling in areas that we had previously<br /> mapped out only with Argus. In particular we sampled the vents in the<br /> northern caldera and found them to be made up almost entirely of flocculent<br /> bacteria that was extremely soft. The temperatures in these vents were quite<br /> low (~20 degrees C) compared to the high temperature vents of Kolumbo.<br /> In the afternoon we continued our survey in the southern part of the<br /> caldera. There is less geothermal activity in this region than in the north.<br /> Tonight will be the last show of the Immersion Broadcast and we hope to fill<br /> in our last survey in the steps area to the southeast of Thera. </p> ');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.uri.edu/endeavor/thera/log6-07-06.html" title="..." target="window_name">Thera Expedition: Thera Expedition: 6/07/06</a><br />');
document.write('	<p><a href=\"<p>Today was a day of spectacular discoveries. Just when we thought we had<br /> the hydrothermal vents of Kolumbo volcano mapped out, they turned out to<br /> cover a larger area than we expected. And the best was yet to come. We found very large chimneys that were discharging gas and fluid (see figure). Some of the fluids were up to 220 degrees centigrade. The chimneys were up to several meters high and consist of brightly colored bacteria and hydrothermal deposits. Many exhibited exotic forms much like castles and spires.<br />  Our plan is to shoot the Immersion Presents broadcast from the new field<br /> of vents and then to move to southeast part of Thera. At this location we<br /> will be examining the unusual submarine topography associated with the<br /> &#8220;step&#8221;. We believe that the steps may represent part of the submarine<br /> pyroclastic flows that have moved downslope producing something like a<br /> wrinkled blanket.</p> ');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.uri.edu/endeavor/thera/log6-06-06.html" title="..." target="window_name">Thera Expedition: Thera Expedition: Log update 6/06/06</a><br />');
document.write('	<p><a href=\"<p>The weather has finally settled down and R/V Endeavor was able to operate outside of the Thera caldera. We moved back to Kolumbo volcano to explore a series of submarine volcanic cones to the northeast of the main crater. The camera sled Argus was used to document the nature of these structures and search for evidence of recent activity. It appears that the cones are older than Kolumbo based on the amount of sediment that was covering the volcanic rocks. We also went back down into the main crater of Kolumbo to continue to map out the large hydrothermal vent field that was found in the northern area.</p> 	<p>Yesterday we had another visit by members of the Boys and Girls Club (see photo). They had spent the morning walking over lava flows on the Kameni islands and taking a quick dip in the geothermal hot springs. In the afternoon they helped with a special VIP telecast to the university of Rhode Island that was attended by Rhode Island Govenor Carcieri, Senator Reed and URI President Carothers. </p> ');
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