And Jennifer Smith's ears are still causing problems, keeping her from diving. We set them up over algae to help us determine how light influences photosynthesis and plant growth. We also dyed 60 Halimeda plants with a blue stain. After a week, we'll measure how much of the plant isn't stained to know how fast these plants grow. We've also stained one plant under each of the shaded tents so we can tell how how much light influences plant growth.
Colorful fish are just one part of the scenary.
It took us three hours to set up the tents and stain all the plants. All in all, a successful first dive. We returned to Aquarius, about a half mile from the PVC tents. There we went through orientation. Also at this time we had a scrumptious lunch.