Tues

In the fog. So fog horns every minute, like seriously every minute (by law).

Saw the craziest thing today, well OK, maybe not the craziest, but surprising: A hummingbird, out at sea(!), zipping around the ship. Also watched some albatros for a while, amazing to watch them fold up their large wings, they must fold in like three or four places, and suddenly these huge wings are tucked up onto their back.

The sea was really awesome for a while today, appearing calm (nearly full reflection, like a lake), and yet undulating with a long slow swell; hypontic to watch. Watching the fog roll in was also interesting, as the sun set, it completely altered the look of that water, making the ocean appear almost as puffy clouds, but the color of pea soup. (hmmm....depending on who is reading this, I just spelled "color" wrong....)

Microprofiler crew is doing casts until 3:00am, then we steam for 12 hours, we may be sampling late tomorrow (Wed) night / early Thurs morning, we'll see, but enjoying time now to read a little bit!