Diving into My First Week at Moss Landing!

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<li>A month ago I did not think I would be writing a blog on a sailboat in a beautiful marina in California. I just arrived in Moss Landing, CA a few days ago and already I will be leaving soon for Mexico. Since arriving, I have gotten to know my internship host and DSO, Diana Steller. She showed me around to Marine Operations and the Aquaculture Facility. In addition, I have met wonderful people including faculty, graduate students, and staff at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories. <img class=" wp-image-7196 aligncenter" src="http://blog.owuscholarship.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/58138121350__B... alt="" width="224" height="168" srcset="http://blog.owuscholarship.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/58138121350__B... 300w, http://blog.owuscholarship.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/58138121350__B... 768w, http://blog.owuscholarship.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/58138121350__B... 1024w, http://blog.owuscholarship.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/58138121350__B... 624w" sizes="(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px" /></li>
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<p style="text-align: center;">View from Moss Landing Marine Labs<br />
<img class=" wp-image-7195 aligncenter" style="margin-top: 0.857143rem; margin-bottom: 0.857143rem;" src="http://blog.owuscholarship.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_0992-151x3... alt="" width="147" height="292" srcset="http://blog.owuscholarship.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_0992-151x3... 151w, http://blog.owuscholarship.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_0992-768x1... 768w, http://blog.owuscholarship.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_0992-515x1... 515w, http://blog.owuscholarship.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_0992-624x1... 624w, http://blog.owuscholarship.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_0992.jpg 902w" sizes="(max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px" /><img class="size-medium wp-image-7201 aligncenter" src="http://blog.owuscholarship.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Screen-Shot-20... alt="" width="300" height="224" srcset="http://blog.owuscholarship.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Screen-Shot-20... 300w, http://blog.owuscholarship.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Screen-Shot-20... 768w, http://blog.owuscholarship.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Screen-Shot-20... 624w, http://blog.owuscholarship.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Screen-Shot-20... 937w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />Tanks for seaweed at MLML Aquaculture Facility</p>
<p>I got the chance to help a graduate student, Dan, with his work at the Aquaculture Lab by weighing seaweed and emptying tanks. I learned the main five species of seaweed that they grow and SELL to chefs.</p>
<p><img class="size-medium wp-image-7199 aligncenter" src="http://blog.owuscholarship.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Screen-Shot-20... alt="" width="300" height="282" srcset="http://blog.owuscholarship.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Screen-Shot-20... 300w, http://blog.owuscholarship.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Screen-Shot-20... 624w, http://blog.owuscholarship.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Screen-Shot-20... 676w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Seaweed (Dulse)</p>
<p>I was also able to have my checkout dive at Breakwater before I leave for Mexico. This was my first time diving in cold water and shore diving-so this was a very new and interesting experience for me. My wonderful instructor, Sloane Lofy, is also a grad student at MLML who studies kelp in the Phycology Lab.</p>
<p><img class="size-medium wp-image-7200 aligncenter" src="http://blog.owuscholarship.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Screen-Shot-20... alt="" width="300" height="224" srcset="http://blog.owuscholarship.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Screen-Shot-20... 300w, http://blog.owuscholarship.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Screen-Shot-20... 768w, http://blog.owuscholarship.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Screen-Shot-20... 624w, http://blog.owuscholarship.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Screen-Shot-20... 936w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Breakwater</p>
<p>I can&#8217;t wait to dive in Mexico and to learn more from the amazing graduate students and faculty about marine sciences!</p>
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